Peters v. Bowman

Citations

• 115 Cal. 345
• 47 P. 113
• 1896 Cal. LEXIS 1017

Syllabus

<p>Negligence—Action for Death of Infant—Drowning in Pond on Vacant Lot—Embankment by City—Trespass—Duty and Liability of Owners.-—The owner of a vacant lot upon which a pond of water has accumulated by reason of an embankment erected by the city in the grading of the street, preventing the flow of surface water from the lot, owes no duty to trespassers to keep the water from accumulat. ing upon the premises, nor to keep the lot guarded against trespasses by children, and is not liable for the death of a child from drowning in the pond while trespassing in the lot.</p>