Taber v. Bauer

Mrs. Myrtle Taber, having the legal right to maintain this action, instituted it to recover damages for the accidental killing of her son, Gerald Taber, six and one-half years of age, on account of the alleged negligence of the defendants. At the trial before a jury, upon the conclusion of the evidence on behalf of the plaintiff, the court sustained defendants’ motions for a nonsuit, and entered a judgment dismissing the action. The plaintiff has appealed.

The accident occurred about the middle of the afternoon, August 18,1931, at the intersection of east Union street and Harvard avenue, in…