Bosquet v. Worcester Consolidated Street Railway Co.

The plaintiff, a boy of ten years of age (twelve at the time of the trial), was riding on his bicycle down Otis Street *539in Fitchburg when he came into collision with a car belonging to the defendant company and received the injuries complained of. Otis Street has a sharp grade. The plaintiff’s bicycle had no brake, but he testified that he was “perfectly familiar” with it, and knew how to manage and ride it. He also testified that he was “back pedalling” and “holding back as much as . . . [he] could,” and was in the road a little to the left of the centre of the street. Milk Street comes into…