Camden Interstate Ry. Co. v. Broom

RICHARDS, Circuit Judge.

On December 5, 1902, the plaintiff below, Edward Broom, a boy six years old, was run over by one of the defendant company’s cars, and lost a leg. The accident occurred in the morning, at or near a street crossing in Ironton, Ohio, while the boy, in company with other children, was on his way to school. He brought this suit by his next friend, claiming the company was liable, because the brakes on the car were out of order (one set being off and the other not working properly), so it could not be stopped quick enough to avoid striking him, and because, in view of the…