Lahnala v. Mineral Range Railway Co.

The plaintiff, a boy of fair intelligence, an attendant at the public school, 10 years and 2 months old, received injuries for which this suit is brought. From a directed verdict in favor of the defendant the case is brought here by writ of error.

No testimony was taken on the part of the defendant. The testimony of the plaintiff was, in substance, that he was on his way to school after eating his dinner, and he came to the railway, crossing the public highway near the schoolhouse, and the rock cars of the defendant’s long freight train were obstructing it, standing across the crossing, and he…