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Thompson v. Cheatem

Appellate Court of Illinois
Jan 20, 1947
330 Ill. App. 428 (Ill. App. Ct. 1947)

Opinion

Term No. 46011. (Abstract of Decision.)

Opinion filed January 20, 1947 Released for publication February 20, 1947

AUTOMOBILES, AND MOTOR VEHICLES, § 117.1when judgment was sustained by evidence. In action for damages to plaintiff's automobile which was struck during night while parked on street, judgment for plaintiff would be affirmed, where defendant admitted that his car damaged plaintiff's car after defendant's car had been hit by another vehicle, and it appeared that defendant admitted he was traveling between 20 and 30 miles per hour where speed limit was 25 miles per hour, and that plaintiff's automobile, which was parked 10 or 15 feet from corner, was struck and knocked 3 or 4 feet as result of collision which occurred at about center of street intersection.

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

Appeal from the City Court of East St. Louis; the Hon. JOSEPH A. TROY, Judge, presiding.

Judgment Affirmed. Heard in this court at the October term, 1946.

Harold J. Bandy, for appellant.

No appearance for appellee.


Not to be published in full. Opinion filed January 20, 1947; released for publication February 20, 1947.


Summaries of

Thompson v. Cheatem

Appellate Court of Illinois
Jan 20, 1947
330 Ill. App. 428 (Ill. App. Ct. 1947)
Case details for

Thompson v. Cheatem

Case Details

Full title:Louis Thompson, Appellee, v. Ardell Cheatem, Appellant

Court:Appellate Court of Illinois

Date published: Jan 20, 1947

Citations

330 Ill. App. 428 (Ill. App. Ct. 1947)
71 N.E.2d 211