Abraham v. E. H. Porter Construction Co.
Abraham v. E. H. Porter Construction Co.
Opinion of the Court
This case in which the jury found for the defendant should not have gone to the jury. There was evidence that the minor plaintiff (hereinafter the plaintiff) fell over a stick of new lumber at about 6 p.m. on October 10, 1961, while playing, pursuant to an implied general invitation, in the parking lot adjacent to a church. Three hundred feet away the defendant was building on the church property a rectory and had left there new lumber including sawed pieces. The defendant knew that children played in the churchyard and in the area where work was being performed. The judge ruled that the site of the accident was not part of the premises in the defendant’s control. The plaintiff’s case is rested on this view of the evidence.
Plaintiffs’ exceptions overruled.
Defendant’s exceptions sustained.
Judgment for the defendant.
Reference
- Full Case Name
- Debra June Abraham & another v. E. H. Porter Construction Co., Inc.
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- Published