Hagerstrom v. West Chicago Street R. R. Co.

Mr. Presiding Justice Shepard

delivered the opinion of the Court.

This was a suit by appellant to recover for personal injuries sustained by him.

At the conclusion of plaintiff’s case, the court took the case from the jury by a peremptory instruction to find for the defendant, and a verdict being so returned and judgment rendered thereon, this appeal is prosecuted.

The facts shown are that the plaintiff, then twelve or thirteen years of age, when returning from school jumped upon a projection from the rear end of one of the defendant’s street cars, and while hanging on, as he testified, rode…