Burns v. Illinois Central Railroad

A suit was brought by Joseph Rococo against the Illinois Central Railroad Company to recover damages for personal injury. A verdict and judgment for $600 were recovered and the amount has been paid. Rococo' was under twenty-one years of age, and it appears that the amount of the verdict was in pursuance of a compromise agreement which had before that' time been entered into with Rococo through his next friend, and that the suit was commenced and verdict rendered because the plaintiff, being a minor, did not have the capacity to bind himself by a settlement out of court. Savary & Ruel filed…