GOSS v. SHAWNEE POST NO. 3204, V.F.W. OF U.S.


265 S.W.2d 799 (1954)

GOSS v. SHAWNEE POST NO. 3204, V.F.W. OF UNITED STATES, Inc.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

March 5, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ollie James Cohen, Louisville, William Miller, Louisville, for appellant.

Woodward, Hobson & Fulton, Louisville, for appellee.


WADDILL, Commissioner.

James P. Goss, an infant five years of age, brought an action by his father as next friend, to recover damages from the Shawnee Post No. 3204, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, Inc., for injuries suffered by him as a result of his playing on a controlled trash fire located upon the defendant's property. The case is based upon the attractive nuisance doctrine. The appeal is from a judgment entered on a verdict in favor of the defendant...

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