Levine v. Schonborn

The trial judge, sitting without a .jury, found for plaintiffs, husband and wife, and judgment entered accordingly for damages resulting from injuries sustained by plaintiff Bessie Levine, hereinafter called the plaintiff, when she was struck by a taxicab owned by defendant Sullivan and operated by defendant Schonborn. Defendants appeal contending, inter alia, that the plaintiff was guilty of contributory negligence as a matter of law.

Plaintiff walked due east across a north and south street on a line north of its intersection with an east and west street, which, at that intersection, jogs…