St. Louis & South-Eastern Railway Co. v. Valirius

Elizabeth Valirius, widow of Peter Valirius, and mother and natural guardian of Theodore Valirius, a minor .of the age of sixteen years, brought this action for *513the alleged wrongful hiring and employing, by the appellant, of the said minor as a brakeman, switch-tender, and coupler of cars, upon said railway, at and about the depot at Evansville, Indiana, which employment was dangerous and hazardous; whereby, from the youth, inexperience, and want of knowledge in said employment on the part of said minor, and by the fault and negligence of the appellant and the company’s servants, and on…