Spieler v. Lincoln Traction Co.

Forrest Spieler, a boy about five years old, was injured by one of the defendant’s street cars so that he *340lost his foot and ankle by amputation. His father broughl this action in the district court for Lancaster county to - recover damages in behalf of the boy. The petition alleged negligence on the part of the defendant in several particulars. The plaintiff, in his brief, in stating the ease, says: “It was conclusively shown by the evidence that this boy lost his left leg by the gross carelessness of the appellant in operating a street car over one of the most populous street crossings in…