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Melton v. Heaton

Appellate Court of Illinois
Jul 10, 1943
320 Ill. App. 178 (Ill. App. Ct. 1943)

Opinion

Opinion filed July 10, 1943

AUTOMOBILES AND MOTOR VEHICLES, § 143.2when refusal to direct verdict for owner of truck in action for death of bicyclist not error. In action to recover damages for death of plaintiff's intestate resulting from collision between bicycle being ridden by plaintiff's intestate and defendant's truck, where it appeared that plaintiff's intestate was riding his bicycle ahead of truck going in same direction and in passing bicycle truck collided resulting in fatal injuries, held trial court did not err in refusing to direct verdict for defendant at close of plaintiff's testimony and again at close of all the evidence.

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

Appeal from the Circuit Court of Randolph county; the Hon. MAURICE V. JOYCE, Judge, presiding.

Affirmed. Heard in this court at the May term, 1943.

Leonard J. Dunn, for appellants;

Johnson Johnson, for appellee.


Not to be published in full. Opinion filed July 10, 1943.


Summaries of

Melton v. Heaton

Appellate Court of Illinois
Jul 10, 1943
320 Ill. App. 178 (Ill. App. Ct. 1943)
Case details for

Melton v. Heaton

Case Details

Full title:Henry Melton, Administrator of Estate of Fred James Melton, Deceased…

Court:Appellate Court of Illinois

Date published: Jul 10, 1943

Citations

320 Ill. App. 178 (Ill. App. Ct. 1943)
50 N.E.2d 117