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Recent Cases Jan 1965

Recent Cases

University of Richmond Law Review

This is a summary of the case law from 1965.


The "Attractive Nuisance Doctrine" In Virginia, William T. Muse Jan 1965

The "Attractive Nuisance Doctrine" In Virginia, William T. Muse

University of Richmond Law Review

Children deem it their prerogative to roam wherever they please. In particular, they have a tendency to wander on other people's land and meddle with anything they find there. In doing so they frequently get hurt. The problem of the liability of occupiers of land for such injuries has taken up much of the time of American courts in the last one hundred years and has resulted in many published decisions. The trial courts in Virginia have devoted much thought and time to this problem, and since 1887 twelve cases have been heard and decided by the Supreme Court of …