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· 9/13/1979

Owen v. Burcham

Citations

  • 599 P.2d 1012
  • 100 Idaho 441
  • 1979 Ida. LEXIS 485

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • “a child of the age of Randall [8 years, 11 months] is capable of negligence”
  • “where both a general statute and a special or specific statute deal with the same subject matter, the provisions of the special or specific statute will control those of the general statute”
  • inference must be based on probability and not on mere possibilities
  • inference is unreasonable if based on mere speculation and conjecture

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Judges: Shepard, Donaldson, Bakes, Bistline, Dunlap

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