Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

“ In view of the extreme youth of the plaintiff we cannot say that the Court erred in allowing the jury to attribute his misfortune to the defendant's conduct alone, whatever difficulties there might be in the case of an older person ”

“ The minor, a boy of seven, was run over when attempting to cross the railroad track on a street in Colon. There was evidence that the crossing was much used and that especially in the afternoon, the time of the accident, there usually were many children about ”