COURTELL v. McEACHEN

Docket No. L.A. 24383.

51 Cal.2d 448 (1959)

334 P.2d 870

DONNA JEAN COURTELL, a Minor, etc., Respondent, v. HAZEL M. McEACHEN et al., Appellants.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

February 2, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Murchison & Cumming, R. Bruce Murchison and Warren D. Allen for Appellants.

Frank W. Swann, Jr., for Respondent.


GIBSON, C.J.

Defendants, Mrs. McEachen and the administrator of the estate of her deceased husband, appeal from a judgment in the amount of $50,000 recovered by plaintiff as damages for severe burns she sustained while playing on a lot owned by the McEachens in joint tenancy.

A house had been torn down on the lot where the accident happened, and early in 1953 Mr. McEachen, who managed the real property of the couple...

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