Vega Rosado v. American Railroad Co.

On February 26, 1936, Antonio Yega, eight years of age, represented by his father, brought, in the District Court of San Juan, an action against American Railroad Oo. of Porto Rico, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of New York and authorized to engage in the business of a public carrier in Puerto Rico, to recover the sum of $4,000 as damages; and on December 12, 1938, he obtained a judgment for $1,000, with costs. From that judgment the defendant took the present appeal.

The controversy was stated as follows: By the plaintiff: On November 18, 1935, between seven or eight…