Willett v. Slocum

This is an action of trespass on the case for negligence. The plaintiff, who is a minor, brings suit by his next friend to recover for personal injuries caused by his being struck by an automobile owned and operated at the time of the accident by the defendant. T¡he trial in the Superior Court resulted in a verdict for the plaintiff in the sum of $2,541, and the case is before us on the defendant’s, exceptions to certain-instructions to the jury; to--the refusal- to direct a verdict for the defendant and to the refusal to grant the defendant a new trial.

The accident occurred in the city of…