Weasler v. Murphy Transfer & Storage Co.

Action by a mother to recover for personal injury to her son. The verdict was for plaintiff and defendant appeals from the order denying its motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or a new trial. The situation cannot be made clearer than by the following excerpt from the charge to the jury:

“It appears that George Weasler and another boy, Merlyn Modig, then twelve years of age, were riding on a bicycle belonging to George, on Washington Avenue, in a northerly direction from 14th Avenue south towards 13th Avenue south, George sitting on the bicycle saddle and Merlyn standing upon the…