(on Appeal From The Court of Appeal In Ireland) A railway company possessed a turntable in an otherwise vacant field. The field adjoined a public road from which it was imperfectly fenced. The field was commonly frequented by trespassers, chiefly children, whom the railway company took no effective steps to exclude. The turntable, which was not locked, was made to revolve by children, and the plaintiff, a four year old child, was seriously injured thereby, and sought damages. He: In these circumstances there was sufficient evidence of negligence on the part of the railway company to support the jury’s verdict for the plaintiff.
Orse: Cooke v Midland Great Western Railway of Ireland
Lord Chancellor (Loreburn), Lords Macnaghten, Atkinson, and Collins
[1909] UKHL 1027, 46 SLR 1027, [1909] UKLawRpAC 7, [1909] AC 229
Bailii
England and Wales
Updated: 30 September 2021; Ref: scu.620574