Case Name: A. S. Magee, Plaintiff in Error, v. Charles H. Friedricksen, by his next friend Charles Friedricksen, Defendant in Error
Court: Florida Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1926-06-07
Citations: 91 Fla. 1078
Docket Number: 
Parties: A. S. Magee, Plaintiff in Error, v. Charles H. Friedricksen, by his next friend Charles Friedricksen, Defendant in Error.
Judges: Brown, C. J., and Terrell and Buford, J. J., concur.
Reporter: Florida Reports
Volume: 91
Pages: 1078–1079

Head Matter:
A. S. Magee, Plaintiff in Error, v. Charles H. Friedricksen, by his next friend Charles Friedricksen, Defendant in Error.
En Banc.
Opinion Filed June 7, 1926.
Forsyth Caro, for Plaintiff in Error;
No appearance for Defendant in Error.

Opinion:
Buford, J.
— This was an action brought by a minor, a boy of eleven jmars of age, joined by his next friend, against the owner of a motor vehicle for damages resulting from personal injuries received by the boy when he ran in front of the moving motor vehicle on a public street to retrieve a base ball with which he and other boys were playing. From a judgment in favor of the plaintiff Writ of Error is brought to this Court.
A plea of contributory negligence was interposed and amply sustained by the proof.
The. judgment should be reversed under authority of Fitzsimmons v. Cesery, 61 Fla. 199 55 So. 467; Wauchula Mfg. Co. v. Jackson, 70 Fla. 596; 70 South. Rep. 599 and German-American Lumber Co. v. Hannah, 60 Fla. 70, 53 South. Rep. 516.
Reversed.
Brown, C. J., and Terrell and Buford, J. J., concur.