Legal Opinion

Figueroa Torres v. Vives

Supreme Court of Puerto Rico

Decided February 24, 1934No. 5896Published

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Wole

delivered tbe opinion of tbe court.

From tbe evidence in tbis case tbe District Court of Ponce bad the right to believe that Alfonso L. Figueroa, a youth of less than 12 years of age, started suddenly from a shop *234where lie was employed, rushed in front of a truck, was caught by one of its wheels and killed. The theory of the complaint was that the truck was going rapidly and that the driver thereof did not properly attend to his duty. Some of the witnesses say that the body of the boy w;as found between the front and rear wheels of the truck. Other witnesses gave testimony to the effect that…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Cheetham v. Union Railroad CompanySupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1904

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