Zink v. Breese Grain Co.

Mr. Presiding Justice Barry

delivered the opinion of the court.

Appellant, a minor between seven and eight years of age, sued to recover for personal injuries alleged to have been caused by the negligence of a servant of appellee. The trial resulted in a verdict and judgment in favor of appellee.

The declaration avers that while appellant was standing upon the public highway at the intersection of Cherry and Seventh Streets in the City of Breese, with all due care and caution for his own safety, appellee, by its servant, so carelessly, negligently and improperly drove and managed a certain…