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Necheles v. Jefferson Ice Co.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District
Dec 13, 1948
336 Ill. App. 153 (Ill. App. Ct. 1948)

Opinion

Gen. No. 44,568. (Abstract of Decision.)

Opinion filed December 13, 1948 Released for publication December 27, 1948

AUTOMOBILES AND MOTOR VEHICLES, § 120.1evidence supporting verdict for defendants in action for death of 10-year-old bicyclist. In action for death of ten-year-old boy whose bicycle collided with right front fender of defendants' east bound ice truck after boy had emerged from alley on north side of street, wherein plaintiff claimed negligence in failing to warn by sounding horn, in operating truck to left of center line of street, and that truck driver was under influence of intoxicating liquor, evidence supported verdict for defendants; hence allowance of plaintiff's motion for new trial was an abuse of discretion.

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

Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. PETER H. SCHWABA, Judge, presiding.

Reversed and remanded with directions. Heard in the first division, first district, this court at the October term, 1948.

Clarence S. Piggott, for appellants;

Mayer Goldberg and Leonard L. Levin, for appellee.


Not to be published in full. Opinion filed December 13, 1948; released for publication December 27, 1948.


Summaries of

Necheles v. Jefferson Ice Co.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District
Dec 13, 1948
336 Ill. App. 153 (Ill. App. Ct. 1948)
Case details for

Necheles v. Jefferson Ice Co.

Case Details

Full title:Heinrich Necheles, Administrator of Estate of David Necheles, Deceased…

Court:Appellate Court of Illinois, First District

Date published: Dec 13, 1948

Citations

336 Ill. App. 153 (Ill. App. Ct. 1948)
82 N.E.2d 837

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