Foster v. Herrin Motor Lines, Inc.

McCALEB, Judge.

On May 21, 1937, at about 5 p. m., Vernon Foster, a young boy ten years of age, received severe personal injuries when he and the bicycle on which he was riding came in contact with the right side of a large motor van, owned by Herrin Motor Lines, Inc., and operated by its employee, Dan Welch, on Terpsichore Street near the riverside corner of St. Charles Avenue. The boy’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bertrand Foster, have brought this suit individually and on his behalf to recover damages for the injuries sustained by him, claiming that the accident occurred as a result of the…