Hobson, Etc. v. Postal Tel., Etc., Co.

Ryland Hobson, by next friend, instituted this suit to recover damages resulting from a collision between a-motorcycle, which he was riding while- acting as a messenger for the postal company, and an automobile.

It was charged that Hobson was unlawfully employed by the postal company, and in violation of chapter 57, Acts of 1911, and amendatory acts. Said act makes it unlawful to employ children “between the ages of fourteen and sixteen years.” Hobson, at the time of his injury, was sixteen years and eleven months of age. The trial court very correctly sustained a demurrer to the declaration.…