Weaver v. Wheeling Traction Co.

MeRedith, Judge:

The defendant seeks to reverse a judgment for $5,000 rendered by the circuit court of Marshall County for personal injuries received by plaintiff, a boy about eight years of age.

The injury occurred near the intersection of Sixteenth and Marshall Streets in the City of Benwood. Marshall Street is but twenty feet wide. It extends north and south, and is intersected by Sixteenth Street running east and west. Defendant operates a street car line from the City of Wheeling, 'running through the cities of Benwood and McMechen to Moundsville. This line is located on the west side of…