Rankin v. Western Union Telegraph Co.

Plaintiff was struck by a bicycle ridden by defendant Bradford, a messenger boy in the employ of defendant, Western Union Telegraph Company. Plaintiff recovered damages. Defendant, Western Union Telegraph Company, appeals. We affirm the judgment of the trial court.

We state the facts material to- a determination of the question presented on this appeal. Bradford, a boy 16 years of age, was employed to deliver messages from the Western Union office on South Tenth Street in the Terminal Building in Lincoln. He had possession of two bicycles, one referred to as an ordinary bicycle, the other as a…