Legal Opinion

Quiles y Perez v. Valdez

District Court, D. Puerto Rico

Decided February 4, 1915No. 980Published

1Opinion of the Court

HAMILTON, Judge,

delivered the following opinion:

The evidence in the case showed that the minor son of the plaintiff was killed in the repair shops of the defendant at Bay-amón, but there was, apparently, no direct witness to the accident itself. The evidence was in conflict as to whether the boy was employed in the shop at all, and there was strong testimony that he was not. He was about fifteen years of age at the time of his death, earning a few cents a week. His father was about forty years old, earning $30 a month as an insular policeman. The jury found a verdict for $150 for the…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Aldrich v. PalmerCalifornia Supreme Court · 1864
  2. Berry v. Lake Erie & W. R. Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Indiana · 1896

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