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Langford v. Smith

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District
Nov 17, 1943
320 Ill. App. 684 (Ill. App. Ct. 1943)

Opinion

Gen. No. 42,405. (Abstract of Decision.)

Opinion filed November 17, 1943

AUTOMOBILES AND MOTOR VEHICLES, § 143.3when it is error to direct verdict for defendant whose automobile struck pedestrian. In personal injury action, wherein plaintiff charged defendant in first count of complaint with negligence and in second count of complaint with wilful and wanton misconduct, in operating his automobile which struck and injured plaintiff while he was near safety island at city street corner, held that, under evidence, it was error for trial court to direct verdict for defendant.

See Callaghan's Illinois Digest, same topic and section number.

HEBEL, P.J., not participating.

Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. ORAL P. TUTTLE, Judge, presiding.

Judgment reversed and cause remanded. Heard in the third division, first district, this court at the October term, 1942.

James A. Dayton and William H. Leigh, for appellant;

Rosen, Francis Cleveland, for appellee.


Not to be published in full. Opinion filed November 17, 1943.


Summaries of

Langford v. Smith

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District
Nov 17, 1943
320 Ill. App. 684 (Ill. App. Ct. 1943)
Case details for

Langford v. Smith

Case Details

Full title:William Langford, Appellant, v. Paul F. Smith, Appellee

Court:Appellate Court of Illinois, First District

Date published: Nov 17, 1943

Citations

320 Ill. App. 684 (Ill. App. Ct. 1943)
51 N.E.2d 789