Schickling v. Post Publishing Co.

This is a personal injury case. A boy 10 years old, while walking on a public street in Cincinnati, was struck and injured by a Ford touring car, owned and driven by one William L. Meader. Action for damages was brought by father as next friend in Hamilton county court of common pleas. The petition charged negligence of Meader in excessive speed, violative of city ordinance and statute, and alleged that Meader at the time was a servant and employe of the Post Publishing Company, was then engaged in the business of his employer, and was acting within the scope of his employment. The answer…