Cederoth v. COWLES

(Pro Tempore)

This is an action for the wrongful death of plaintiff’s decedent as a result of being struck by defendants’ car in an unmarked crosswall?: in Portland, Oregon.

On December 19, 1957, at approximately 7:30 p.m., Richard A. Hoefer, a man 86 years of age, alighted from a bus on the west side of S. E. 39th avenue at the northerly intersection with S. E. Glenwood street. The bus went on and Mr. Hoefer started east across 39th avenue in the unmarked crosswalk. As he crossed the center line of 39th avenue, which is 41 feet from curb to curb, defendant Don H. Cowles was approaching the…