Wixon v. City of Newport
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Trespass on the Case. On demurrer to the replications. The facts of - the case and the pleadings are sufficiently stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtDurfee, C. J.
This action is brought against the city of Newport by the plaintiff, a minor suing by her next friend, to recover damages for injuries which she suffered by being scalded and burned in one of the public schools of the city, by the heating apparatus there used, which the declaration alleges was carelessly kept by the city in a defective, unsafe, and dangerous condition, without sufficient guarding or protection. The defendant pleads, among other pleas, a special plea in bar, to the effect that tbe public school mentioned in the declaration was a public free school, established, kept, and…
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