LOCKRIDGE v. STANDARD OIL CO., INC.

No. 18,440.

124 Ind. App. 257 (1953)

114 N.E.2d 807

LOCKRIDGE v. STANDARD OIL COMPANY, INC.

Court of Appeals of Indiana.

Rehearing denied November 12, 1953.

Transfer denied January 15, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Byron E. Bamber, of Hammond, for appellant.

Richard P. Tinkham and Tinkham, Beckman & Kelly, of Hammond, for appellee.


KENDALL, C.J.

Appellant brought this action to recover damages for the wrongful death of appellant's son, William Arthur Lockridge, eight years of age, by reason of drowning in a pond of water on appellee's land.

The amended complaint alleged in substance that on June 16, 1945, and prior thereto, appellee owned and controlled certain lands in Whiting, Indiana, lying between two public streets, or highways; that...

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