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Warneke v. Torstenson

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District
Apr 2, 1940
304 Ill. App. 579 (Ill. App. Ct. 1940)

Opinion

Gen. No. 40,272. (Abstract of Decision.)

Opinion filed April 2, 1940

AUTOMOBILES AND MOTOR VEHICLES, § 113.1rear end collision, sufficiency of evidence. Where defendant was following decedent's automobile at night according to a pre-arranged plan, and defendant turned his head to look for a street sign and struck the rear end of decedent's car, which had started to slow down, lower court properly entered judgment for plaintiff in action for wrongful death.

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

Appeal from Superior Court of Cook county; Hon. ALBERT M. CRAMPTON, presiding.

Affirmed. Heard in second division, first district, this court at October term, 1938.

Robertson, Crowe Spence, for appellant;

Burt A. Crowe, of counsel;

McKenna Harris, for appellee;

James J. McKenna, of counsel.


"Not to be published in full." Opinion filed April 2, 1940.


Summaries of

Warneke v. Torstenson

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District
Apr 2, 1940
304 Ill. App. 579 (Ill. App. Ct. 1940)
Case details for

Warneke v. Torstenson

Case Details

Full title:Clara Warneke, Administratrix of Estate of Frank Warneke, Deceased…

Court:Appellate Court of Illinois, First District

Date published: Apr 2, 1940

Citations

304 Ill. App. 579 (Ill. App. Ct. 1940)
26 N.E.2d 675