Opinion
Gen. No. 40,927. (Abstract of Decision.)
Opinion filed May 20, 1940
AUTOMOBILES AND MOTOR VEHICLES, § 167.2 — rejection of testimony, as reversible error. In action by motorist for injuries sustained as result of an intersection collision, judgment for plaintiff would have to be reversed, where chief point in controversy was whether plaintiff had obeyed a stop sign before entering an intersection, and an attorney for defendant was not allowed to testify that a witness who asserted plaintiff stopped had told him the night before over the telephone that he had not seen the accident.
See Callaghan's Illinois Digest, same topic and section number.
Appeal from Superior Court of Cook county; Hon. HARRY J. FLANDERS, presiding.
Reversed and remanded. Heard in first division, first district, this court at December term, 1939.
Emerson C. Whitney and John A. Bloomingston, for appellants;
C. Helmer Johnson, for appellees;
J.F. Van Wakeman, of counsel.
"Not to be published in full." Opinion filed May 20, 1940.