What would you do? Random kid showed up and set up a lemonade stand on our lawn

[Anonymous]

Why did you give the kid $40?

He should be paying you to use your property.

[Anonymous]

Crazy crazy crazy

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Lemonade stand in November? Poor planning.

Yeah. Agree with this and that’s why I’m leaning towards claiming this is a false narrative. My kid is the queen of lemonade stands, and they don’t make any noise and they don’t exist in November.

Does your queen set up on other peoples lawns?

I don’t think it’s a noise issue. I think it’s an annoyance issue and she still right. It’s not OK for people to just set up on your property. The minimum they could’ve done is ask for permission first.

She doesn't live in OP's pretend world of noisy make-believe lemonade November stands, so no.

[Anonymous]

Yikes. I am very live and let live, but I would not be ok with this. Child can put the stand on public space but not my property.

[Anonymous]

I wouldn’t have cared. The kid would be there for maybe a few hours. Plus, how loud are you imagining a lemonade stand to be…?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yikes. I am very live and let live, but I would not be ok with this. Child can put the stand on public space but not my property.

It was not OP's property.

[Anonymous]

Probably I wouldn't do anything but ideally I should ask them to do it at their own house or at local park.

I would like for a lawyer to weigh in and let us posters know how to handle such situations?

[Anonymous]

What if kid gets hurt at your property? Do you have any legal responsibility?

[Anonymous]

You have to start as you want to continue. Is this just one kid with one lemonade stand? Sure, but it is a precedent. That may not matter, but it also may drag you into the world of "but you let jeff do it last week" and "he was so excited to come back this year, since he had such a good time last year."

You don't yell, and you don't get overly emotional and brittle. You just are clear and firm that no, this is private property, and it's not happening here -- right from the go. But you can offer to help them move to a park, or a city plot, or something if you want to be nice. Just. Not. Here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wow kid made $40? You might attract more lemonade stands now.

+1

That crazy woman will send her friends over now, you know that right, OP?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:10 year olds don’t need to be supervised.
It’s a busy corner but somehow a lemonade stand is loud enough to bother your mil?
You think people visiting a lemonade stand are strangers who could endanger your house?

I think they should have asked first but I think your reaction was harsh.

You're insane. If someone had tripped and fallen on their way to get lemonade, OP would be liable. You did the right thing, OP. It's insane that someone would be so entitled as to think they could just leave their child there to sell lemonade by themself.

And yes, 10 year olds do need to be supervised on a busy street corner interacting with strangers. You are INSANE.

[Anonymous]

1st) I bet the 10-year old was on the corner sidewalk, not on the in-laws yard. I just don't believe OP.
2nd) Lemonade stand causing a lot of noise and ruckus get real.
3rd) A lot of 10-year olds are mature enough to tend such a stand alone unless you live in a sketchy area. Is it ideal, no. But for an hour, NBD.

Odds are they live a few houses down or elsewhere in your neighborhood. You are being ridiculous.

[Anonymous]

Corner lot of a busy road - I'm guessing this is the entrance to the neighborhood and OP's MIL doesn't actually own it, it is HOA or city land.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:10 year olds don’t need to be supervised.
It’s a busy corner but somehow a lemonade stand is loud enough to bother your mil?
You think people visiting a lemonade stand are strangers who could endanger your house?

I think they should have asked first but I think your reaction was harsh.

You're insane. If someone had tripped and fallen on their way to get lemonade, OP would be liable. You did the right thing, OP. It's insane that someone would be so entitled as to think they could just leave their child there to sell lemonade by themself.

And yes, 10 year olds do need to be supervised on a busy street corner interacting with strangers. You are INSANE.

You literally have NO idea what you are talking about - you cannot sue over tripping on the sidewalk unless there was some owner neglected problem that would cause such harm. Reasonable care and duty. Stop trying to make !%$ up just because you think it should be fact.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:10 year olds don’t need to be supervised.
It’s a busy corner but somehow a lemonade stand is loud enough to bother your mil?
You think people visiting a lemonade stand are strangers who could endanger your house?

I think they should have asked first but I think your reaction was harsh.

You're insane. If someone had tripped and fallen on their way to get lemonade, OP would be liable. You did the right thing, OP. It's insane that someone would be so entitled as to think they could just leave their child there to sell lemonade by themself.

And yes, 10 year olds do need to be supervised on a busy street corner interacting with strangers. You are INSANE.

OP would not be liable for anything BECAUSE IT IS NOT HER PROPERTY.

And even if she was, in the EXTREMELY UNLIKELY event that somebody got injured, she would also almost certainly not be liable.

"Generally, for a property owner to be liable for an injury, there must be evidence that a defect or a dangerous condition on the property posed an unacceptable risk of harm to those who are legally present upon the premises."