Ehrhard v. Taylor

A boy eighteen months old ran or toddled from the curb onto Grassy Plain Street in Bethel and was struck and killed by a truck driven by an employee of the defendant, the owner of the vehicle. The administrator of the child’s estate brought this action, upon the trial of which the sole issue was the negligence of the driver. The jury returned a verdict for the defendant, and the plaintiff has appealed from the denial of his motion to set it aside and from the judgment.

Nine assignments of error relate to the charge. Upon the trial, experienced counsel for the plaintiff made one objection only…