Cavanaugh v. Blaum

BOATNER, Judge ad hoc.

This is a suit by James Cavanaugh, father of the minor, William Cavanaugh, claiming damages for personal injuries to his son, al*174Ieged to be due to the negligent operation of the defendant’s automobile. The defendant denies all charges of negligence, and avers that the accident was entirely due to the fault of the child, in that he ran into the side of his automobile.

All the witnesses agree that the plaintiff’s son came, in collision with the automobile driven by, the defendant in a city street near the middle of a block, and that the boy struck the automobile at the side…