Wheeler ex rel. Wheeler v. City of Boone

*2371 *236— I. The plaintiff, Earl Wheeler, is a bo-y fourteen years of age, and is afflicted by a stiffening of the muscles and joints, through what is called “callositation.” Because of this, he is moved about on a tricycle. About April 8, 1891, he was going to school with his brother, a boy two years his junior, to draw or push the tricycle; and on one of .the walks of defendant city, because of a defect in the walk, he was thrown from the tricycle and injured; and this action is for the damage suffered. The walk on which the accident-occurred was four feet in width, made of boards placed on three…