Cato v. Crystal Ice Co.

Citations

• 109 Miss. 590
• 68 So. 853

Syllabus

<p>Negligence. Invitation.</p> <p>The defendant ice company maintained a private way used for its own business, and constructed an open drain running down to and under this way to carry off boiling water used in the manufacture of ice, such drain being five hundred feet from the public roadway, and plaintiff having business with an employee of defendant went with his dog to defendant’s plant and the dog jumped into the drain and was scalded to death. In such case defendant was not guilty of gross negligence in maintaining such a drain and was not liable to the owner of the dog for his death.</p>