Eames v. Clark

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Mason, J.:

Edgar Eames, a boy not quite nine years old, while walking home from school along a country road, was killed by being run over by an automobile going in the same direction, driven by Frank Clark. The boy’s father, Fred L. Eames, brought this action against Clark for damages on that account. A jury trial resulted in a verdict and judgment for the defendant, and the plaintiff appeals.

1. The petition alleged that the defendant was negligent in driving too fast and in failing to obey the statute requiring him to reduce his speed to eight miles an…