Note 137 — Chapter II · NEGLIGENT INTERFERENCE (continued 4)
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Railroad Co. v. Stout, 17 Wall. 657; Union R. Co. v. McDonald, 152 U. S. 262 (slackpit); St. Louis R. Co. v. Underwood, (C. C. A.) 194 Fed. 363 (pile of lumber); Southern R. Co. v. Bunt, 131 Ala. 591; Thompson v. Alexander Cotton Mills Co., 190 Ala. 184 (drain containing hot water); Barrett v. Southern P. R. Co., 91 Cal. 296 (but see Peters v. Bowman, 115 Cal. 345—pond; George v. Los Angeles R. Co., 126 Cal. 357—cars standing unattended); Ferguson v. Columbus R. Co., 75 Ga. 637, 77 Ga. 102 (but see Savannah R. Co. v. Beavers, 113 Ga. 398—excavation); City v. McMahon, 154 Ill. 141; Donk Bros. v. Leavitt, 109 Ill. App. 385; Belt R. Co. v. Charters, 123 Ill. App. 322 (but see American Advertising Co. v. Flannigan, 100 Ill. App. 452); Chicago R. Co. v. Fox, 38 Ind. App. 268; Lewis v. Cleveland R. Co., 42 Ind. App. 337; Edgington v. Burlington R. Co., 116 Ia. 410 (but see Anderson v. Ft. Dodge R. Co., 150 Ia. 465); Price v. Atchison Water Co., 58 Kan. 551 (reservoir); Kansas City R. Co. v. Matson, 68 Kan. 815 (wood pile); Osborn v. Atchison R. Co., 86 Kan. 440 (abandoned round house—but see Somerfield v. Land and Power Co., 93 Kan. 762—unguarded canal); Bransom v. Labrot, 81 Ky. 638 (pile of timber); Palermo v. Orleans Ice Co., 130 La. 833 (gutter containing hot water); Koons v. St. Louis R. Co., 65 Mo. 592; Schmidt v. Kansas City Distilling Co., 90 Mo. 284 (hole made by escaping steam); Berry v. St. Louis R. Co., 214 Mo. 593 (but see Overholt v. Vieths, 93 Mo. 422—abandoned quarry; Barney v. Hannibal R. Co., 126 Mo. 372—unfenced freight yard; Kelly v. Benas, 217 Mo. 1—pile of lumber); Chicago R. Co. v. Krayenbuhl, 65 Neb. 889; Evansich v. Gulf R. Co., 57 Tex. 126 (but see Missouri R. Co. v. Edwards, 90 Tex. 65; Johnson v. Atlas Supply Co., (Tex. Civ. App.) 183 S. W. 31, 33); Smalley v. Rio Grande R. Co., 34 Utah, 423 (but see Palmer v. Oregon S. L. Co., 34 Utah, 466); Haynes v. City, 69 Wash. 419 (but see Barnhart v. Chicago R. Co., 89 Wash. 304); Kelley v. Southern R. Co., 152 Wis. 328 (but see Emond v. Kimberly-Clark Co., 159 Wis. 83—pond) Accord.
Compare McCabe v. American Woolen Co., (C. C. A.) 132 Fed. 1006 (unguarded canal); Valley Planing Mill v. McDaniel, 119 Ark. 139; Brinkley v. Cooper, 70 Ark. 331; Prickett v. Pardridge, 189 Ill. App. 307; Stendal v. Boyd, 73 Minn. 53; Dahl v. Valley Dredging Co., 125 Minn. 90; Cooper v. Overton, 102 Tenn. 211.
See also Smith, Landowner’s Liability to Children, 11 Harv. Law Rev. 349, 434; 7 Thompson, Negligence, § 1031; Burdick, Torts (3d. ed.), §§ 558–569.
As to the age to which the doctrine is applicable, see Belt R. Co. v. Charters, 123 Ill. App. 322; State Bank v. Mandel, 176 Ill. App. 278; Wilmes v. Chicago R. Co. 175 Ia. 101; Shaw v. Chicago R. Co., (Mo.) 184 S. W. 1151.