Portsmouth Transit Company v. Brickhouse

Albert E. Brickhouse, a 13-year-old boy, was riding a bicycle on High Street, in the city of Portsmouth, when it was struck by a bus owned and operated by Portsmouth Transit Company. He died next day from his injuries and his administrator brought this action for damages and recovered a verdict and judgment against the defendant from which it appealed. Under its assignments of error it contends there was no proof that it was negligent and that the court erred in the admission of evidence and in its rulings on instructions.

The only evidence was that offered by the plaintiff, which was to the…