Labay v. Leiken

The plaintiff, a boy twelve years of age, while coasting on the public ways in the city of Springfield, suffered personal injuries by coming in contact with the defendant’s automobile for which he seeks damages. A verdict was returned for the plaintiff and the case is here on the defendant’s exceptions.

The jury on the aspect of the evidence most favorable to the plaintiff would have been warranted in finding the following facts. Maple Street, starting on the north, runs on a descending grade southerly into an intersecting street known as Mill Street. There had been a fall of snow or hail…