LeGrand v. Wilkes-Barre & Wyoming Valley Traction Co.

Citations

• 10 Pa. Super. 12
• 1899 Pa. Super. LEXIS 233

Syllabus

<p>Picnic grounds — Maintenance of a pond, not negligence — Such pond not a pitfall.</p> <p>The presence of a pond in a park used by a traction company for picnic purposes does not impose upon the proprietor the obligation to inform all comers by notice that they shall not bathe therein nor to post a guard to enforce an observance of such conduct. The absence of such guard or notice and the existence of the pond,are not negligence. It is not to be considered a pitfall. There can be therefore no recovery for the loss of life of a boy, one of a school picnic party, who entered the pond with some of his companions to bathe and getting into deep water was drowned.</p>