Rang v. Klawun

Defendant’s counsel argue that the deceased must be held to be guilty of contributory negligence as a matter of law, and this opinion will be confined to the consideration of this phase of defendant’s contention.

Ordinary care as required of a pedestrian in pursuing a direct course in crossing a street may be one thing, and the crossing of a street diagonally may be another. It requires *4no argument to demonstrate that the diagonal course pursued by the deceased was fraught with more danger than if he had proceeded to make the crossing directly 'from the west to the east. Had he pursued a…