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QUILLIAN v. MATHEWS

No. 5984.

467 P.2d 111 (1970)

BETTY MARLYN QUILLIAN, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS GUARDIAN AD LITEM FOR CATHERINE ANN QUILLIAN, A MINOR, APPELLANTS, v. ELLEN FERN MATHEWS AND H. CLYDE MATHEWS, JR., WIFE AND HUSBAND, AND EDWIN A. MITCHELL, RESPONDENTS.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

March 25, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Goldwater, Taber, Hill & Mortimer, Reno, for appellants.

Leslie B. Gray, Richard P. Wait, for respondents Mathews.

Wait & Shamberger, Reno, for respondent Mitchell.

OPINION

THOMPSON, Justice.

This appeal is from a verdict and judgment for the defendants in a personal injury action commenced by a mother on behalf of her six year old daughter. The main issue is whether a child of that age may possess the capacity to be contributorily negligent. The district court, after questioning the child out of the presence of the jury, determined that the issue of her contributory negligence...

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