Wiegand v. Lincoln Traction Co.

Action by a minor for damages for personal injuries. At the conclusion of the evidence of all parties the court directed a verdict for defendants, overruled a motion for new trial and entered judgment on the verdict. Plaintiff appealed from the judgment.

The facts occurred about 4:30 p. m. on Armistice Day, November 11, 1929. Plaintiff, who was 17 years of age *131on April 10, 1929, a messenger for the Western Union Telegraph Company, was riding his bicycle east on 0 street, carrying a message from the office of his employer at Tenth and 0 streets to a firm located between Thirteenth and…