Jaeger v. Sidewater

Opinion by

Mr. Chief Justice Drew,

John Carl Jaeger brought this action in trespass in his own right and as guardian of his minor son John William Jaeger to recover for personal injuries suffered by minor plaintiff when he was run over by defendant’s truck. A compulsory nonsuit was entered at the close of plaintiffs’ case and they now appeal from an order dismissing a motion to remove this nonsuit.

Prior to the accident, minor plaintiff, who was then 13 years old, had been searching with other boys for pieces of copper through some piles of refuse in the municipal dump in South Philadelphia.…