Richmond Traction Co. v. Wilkinson
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of the city of Richmond, rendered July 18, 1902, in an action of trespass on the case wherein the défendant in error was the plaintiff, and the plaintiff in error was the defendant.
1Opinion of the CourtHarrison, J.
Holland R. Wilkinson, an infant seven years of age, by his next friend, instituted this action to recover damages for injuries alleged to have been sustained by him in consequence of the careless and negligent conduct of the plaintiff in error in operating and running one of its electric cars.
Viewed from the standpoint of a demurrer to the evidence, the record shows that the terminus of the Broad-street line was at Chimborazo Park on Church Hill, and that when car Ho. 31 had reached that point and had come to a standstill, a number of little boys jumped on it and commenced turning the seats,…
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