New v. Stout

Opinion -by

TECREADGXLL, C.

This is an appeal by plaintiffs in error, defendants below, from a judgment of the district court of Pontotoc county, in favor of defendant in error, plaintiff below, and for convenience and brevity the parties will be referred to in this opinion as they were there. The action is by the plaintiff minor, through his mother as next friend, for damages for personal Injuries while in the employ of the defendants caused by their negligence.

The plaintiff was a boy 15 years of age ana was employed by the section foreman of the defendants to do common labor on the section of…