Drew v. . the Sixth Avenue Railroad Company

This action was prosecuted in the Court of Common Pleas for the city and county of New York, to recover for an injury to the plaintiff's son, a lad of about eight years old, who was injured by being run over by the defendant's horse cars in one of the streets of the city, and resulted in a verdict and judgment for $2,500 damages. The plaintiff was a widow, and her son lived with and was supported by her; and on his part he performed slight services, such as going of errands and assisting his mother in a store kept by her.

It appeared that the lad was on his way to school, his course being down…