Radatz v. Tribune Co.

delivered, the opinion of the court.

Defendant appeals from a judgment in the sum of $6,500 entered in favor of plaintiff in an action on the case for personal injuries. It is argued for reversal that a motion to direct a verdict for defendant at the close of all the evidence should have been given, that defendant’s motions for judgment notwithstanding the verdict and for a new trial should have been allowed, and that the verdict is against the manifest weight of the evidence.

It appears from the evidence that plaintiff, then a lad of 12 years of age, while riding on the tailboard of one of…