Boles v. Lincoln Traction Co.

Plaintiff was injured while attempting to board one of defendant’s street cars running between Lincoln and Have-lock. He was then 14 years of age, and was employed in a drug store in the business section of Lincoln. Arriving at the intersection of Dudley and Twenty-seventh streets, he awaited the arrival of a car to take him to the place of his employment. In the petition it is alleged that, as one of defendant’s cars approached this intersection, it slowed down and stopped, thereby giving him a tacit invitation to become a passenger; that in attempting to board the car he took hold of the…