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Short v. Chrisman

Appellate Court of Illinois
Feb 28, 1944
322 Ill. App. 71 (Ill. App. Ct. 1944)

Opinion

Opinion filed February 28, 1944

AUTOMOBILES AND MOTOR VEHICLES, § 131when questions of negligence and contributory negligence are for jury. In action for personal injury, sustained in motor vehicle accident, occurring on foggy winter morning at icy place on pavement, when plaintiff got behind stopped automobile, in which he had been riding, for purpose of pushing and "straightening up" such automobile and was struck by second automobile, stopped immediately to rear, which was struck and moved forward by defendant's truck, which had approached from rear of second stopped automobile, held that evidence made questions of defendant's negligence and of plaintiff's due care questions for jury and supported jury's verdict for defendant.

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

Appeal from the Circuit Court of Madison county; the Hon. DICK H. MUDGE, Judge, presiding.

Judgment affirmed. Heard in this court at the February term, 1944.

Karns Bandy, for appellant;

Simpson, Reed Burroughs, for appellee.


Not to be published in full. Opinion filed February 28, 1944.


Summaries of

Short v. Chrisman

Appellate Court of Illinois
Feb 28, 1944
322 Ill. App. 71 (Ill. App. Ct. 1944)
Case details for

Short v. Chrisman

Case Details

Full title:Howard L. Short, Appellant, v. E. B. Chrisman, Appellee. (Abstract of…

Court:Appellate Court of Illinois

Date published: Feb 28, 1944

Citations

322 Ill. App. 71 (Ill. App. Ct. 1944)
53 N.E.2d 731