Central Railway Co. v. Allmon

This is an action brought by the appellee, who is a minor, by his next friend, against the appellant company to recover ■damages for a personal injury. The appellant operates a Street Bailway line, propelled by electricity, in the city of Peoria. On February 15, 1891, which was Sunday, the appellee, a boy about sixteen years old, was riding with two other lads in a buggy on Adams Street in that city when the buggy came into collision with one of the company’s cars, causing the injury complained of. The declaration charges negligence against the defendant in operating its car at an excessive…