GOWEN v. WILLENBORG

No. 14081.

366 S.W.2d 695 (1963)

John L. GOWEN, a Minor, b/n/f G. A. Gowen, Appellant, v. Leo F. WILLENBORG, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Houston.

Rehearing Denied April 18, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. James Kronzer, Houston, and Hill, Brown, Kronzer, Abraham, Watkins & Steely, Houston, of counsel, for appellant.

Russell Talbott, J. S. Covington, Jr., and Fulbright, Crooker, Freeman, Bates & Jaworski, Houston, for appellee.


COLEMAN, Justice.

This is an attractive nuisance case. The trial court rendered a summary judgment in favor of the defendant.

Appellee erected a billboard on leased premises near the intersection of Gulf Freeway and Berkley Street in the City of Houston, Texas. John L. Gowen, a child eleven years of age, attempted to climb the sign on some step-like projections formed by the supporting structure of the sign. When he reached a point near the top of the sign...

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