Slaysman v. Gerst

The accident in this case occurred on Kirk Avenue in Baltimore City, between Bonaparte and Bartlett Streets. Kirk Avenue runs north and south. The plaintiff below (appellant here) on March 16th, 1929, was injured by being struck by the automobile of the defendant (appellee) traveling south on Kirk Avenue. It was a clear day; the bed of the street being dry, surfaced with asphalt, and twenty-six feet wide. The accident occurred on Saturday afternoon about four o’clock. The appellant is a boy who was twelve years and eleven months of age at the time he received the injuries for which damages…