Jones v. Strickland
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Law and Equity 'Court, Morgan County; Thomas W. Wert, Judge. Action by Julian W. Strickland, by next friend, against J.'T. Jones. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. Transferred from the Court of Appeals under Act April 18, 1911, p. 449, § 6.
1Opinion of the CourtMayfield, J.
Appellee is a minor, being 11 years of age; and he sues, hy his next friend, to recover damages for personal injuries received in consequence of a collision between plaintiff’s bicycle, which he was riding at the time, and an automobile of the defendant.
The collision occurred in a public street in the city of Decatur. The automobile was being driven by one of two negroes, one of whom was the agent or servant of the defendant, his chauffeur; the other negro was not an agent or servant of the defendant; he having been picked up hy defendant’s chauffeur. He was riding in the automobile at the…
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