Ebel v. Rehorst

The plaintiff was struck on the crosswalk while crossing a city street by an automobile driven by the defendant on the far side of the street in its own lane of travel. The statutes in force at the time contained no provision giving pedestrians the right of way when crossing streets in the line of sidewalks. Before starting across the plaintiff looked both ways. She could see two blocks towards the west, whence defendant was coming. She saw no automobiles. She looked again while crossing the street and still saw nothing. When on or past the street-car tracks she was struck by the defendant’s…