Hicks v. Hitaffer

Here we have an attempt to recover on behalf of a nine-year-old boy who lost the sight of one eye as a result of the explosion of a .22 caliber blank cartridge. The brief filed on his behalf says that he and other boys threw rocks at the cartridges and when this “child’s explosive would not go off he took it near his home and hit it with a hammer. It then went off * * Suit was brought on behalf of the boy, Herbert D. Hicks (Herbert), by his parents. The father also sued in his own right. They appear here as appellants. Defendants and appellees here are the landowner, The Baltimore and Ohio…