Renfro v. Central Coal & Coke Co.

* Corpus Juris-Cyc. References: Evidence, 22CJ, Section 545, p. 454, n. 72; Motor Vehicles, 42CJ, Section 1091, p. 1257, n. 86; Section 1137, p. 1273, n. 75; Section 1151, p. 1283, n. 27; Trial, 38 Cyc, p. 1779, n. 75. This is an action for damages for personal injuries. Plaintiff, a child about seven years old at the time of the accident, had her foot run over by a truck loaded with coal from defendant's coal yards, in the course of being delivered to a customer.

The action was brought against defendant alone. The petition alleged as negligence the driver's failure to maintain a reasonably…