Laid Justice Greer, giving judgment, said that he was satisfied that the danger of some boy putting the chain round the chute was one known to the Corporation's attendant, and not merely a danger of which he ought to have known, There was nothing in the evidence to justify a conclusion that the child Coates was a trespasser. The court upheld the liability of the Corporation, Regarding damages, the child lame for life through infantile pa sis as one of the results of accident, The court thought the appropriate damages to give the child were £3,000 and the total damages would, therefore, be increased to £3,193.
The appeal of the Corporation would be dismissed and the cross-appeal regarding damages would be allowed.
Leave to appeal to the House of Lords was refused.
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