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Negligence Injury To Child From Defendants Dangerous Chattel On The Land Of A Third Person, Michigan Law Review
Negligence Injury To Child From Defendants Dangerous Chattel On The Land Of A Third Person, Michigan Law Review
Michigan Law Review
The minor plaintiff, a child of seven, sued to recover damages for personal injuries received while playing upon defendant's road scraper which had been parked near a playground in a vacant lot belonging to a stranger. Held, that the defendant was under a duty to guard against danger of injury to children by tying fast the operating mechanism with a rope, and the plaintiff, even though a trespasser, is entitled to recover. "The defense of no liability to a trespasser is personal to the owner of the premises trespassed upon; it does not inure to the benefit of strangers …