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DELIA SHEFFIELD, an Infant, by ALFRED SHEFFIELD, Her Guardian ad Litem, and ALFRED SHEFFIELD, Appellants, v. JOHN C. YAGER and Others, Respondents.

PER CURIAM.

The charge of the court that the infant plaintiff "is not held to such a high degree of care as an adult or a person of mature years" was inadequate as a statement of the principles of law applicable to a child eight years of age, for the court failed to charge the degree of care to be required. The court should, in substance, have charged at the request of the plaintiffs' attorney that the duty of the infant plaintiff was to exercise a degree of care commensurate with her age and capacity.

The judgment and order should be reversed and a new trial ordered, with costs to the appellants to abide the event.

PER CURIAM.

Judgment and order reversed and a new trial ordered, with costs to the appellants to abide the event.

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SHEFFIELD v. YAGER
(May 5, 1939)