Chicago West Division Railway Co. v. Ryan

This was an action to recover damages for an injury to the appellee—an infant of the age of one year and four months—caused by his being run over by a street car driven by one of appellant’s servants. There was a verdict in favor of appellee and damages assessed at $1,750, for which amount judgment was rendered and the case is brought to this court by appeal.

The chief complaint of appellant is, that the court refused its instructions submitting to the jury the question of the negligence of the parents of the plaintiff in permitting him to be upon the street. The evidence tended to show that…