2 N.Y. City Ct. Rep. 20 | New York Marine Court | 1882
The judgment was subsequently paid.
Liability for Torts by Infants.
The general rule is that an infant is responsible for his torts as any other person would be (Cooley on Torts, 183; Sherman & R. on Neg. § 57; Tifft v. Tifft, 4 Denio, 175; see cases collated in Washington L. Rep. November 20, 1886; MacPherson on Infants, marg. p. 481; Tyler on Infancy, § 123; Schlossberg v. Lahr, 60 How. Pr. 430.)
When act of Infant Chargeable to Parent..
The possessor of a dangerous agency is bound to guard it against the acts of children who, unconscious of its injurious tendencies, may unintentionally inflict damage upon the persons or property of others.
Loaded fire-arms are dangerous weapons, and it is negligence to place them in the hands of persons incompetent to use them, or to leave them exposed where children, through curiosity or otherwise, may be likely to become possessed of them Dixon v. Bell, 5 Maule & S. 198; Cooley on Torts, 441); but the action must be on the special case, because the injury is indirect, and does not happen