Wilcox v. Colwell

The opinion o£ the court was delivered by

Parker, C. J.:

Dennis Wilcox, a minor eleven years of age, by and through Frank Wilcox as his father and next friend, brought this action against Park A. Colwell, to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained in a collision between plaintiffs bicycle and defendant’s automobile.

The facts material to a determination of tihe questions on appeal may be highly summarized.

At approximately 5:20 in the afternoon of October 6, 1958, plaintiff was riding his bicycle in the 1400 block of north 55th Street on a public thoroughfare in…