Jacksonville Electric Co. v. Adams
Supreme Court of Florida
This case was decided by Division B. Writ of Error to the Circuit Court for Duval County. statement. On the 21st of April, 1903, the defendant in error Stanley Adams-, hereinafter called the plaintiff, by W-. A. Adams his next friend, filed his declaration against the plaintiff in error, hereinafter called the defendant, containing six counts.
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This case was decided by Division B. Writ of Error to the Circuit Court for Duval County. statement. On the 21st of April, 1903, the defendant in error Stanley Adams-, hereinafter called the plaintiff, by W-. A. Adams his next friend, filed his declaration against the plaintiff in error, hereinafter called the defendant, containing six counts. The first count is as follow»; “Stanley Adams, by Wright Alexander Adams, his next friend, -plaintiff, by Bryan and Bryan, his attorneys, in this first count of his declaration sues Jacksonville Electric Company, a corporation organized and doing…
1Opinion of the CourtHocker, J.
(after stating the facts.) The first three assignments of error involve the same question presented in different modes, viz: whether the supposed negligence *434of the parents of Stanley Adams — an infant four years and one month old in permitting him to go upon the street in the City of Jacksonville, without a care taker, can be imputed to the said infant, so as to defeat a recovery by him in this action. We say “supposed negligence” for it does not clearly appear under what circumstances Stanley Adams happened to be on the street at the early hour of the morning when he was injured. We will…
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