Rookstool v. Cudahy Packing Co.

The trial court instructed the jury to find a verdict for the defendant, and by our former opinion, ante, p. 118, the judgment of the trial court was reversed. On motion for rehearing the case has been again submitted upon an additional brief and oral arguments.

The plaintiff, who was a minor, brought the action by his mother as next friend to recover damages caused by an injury in an elevator while the plaintiff was in the employment of the defendant company. The petition alleged, “plaintiff herein is a minor of the age of 18 years,” and alleged that the accident occurred on the 22d day of…