Adams v. Union Electric Co.

Ladd, O. J.

The plaintiff in coming south on Jackson street in Dubuque undertook to drive his horse and buggy across the defendant’s street car line extending east and west in East Point avenue, and was struck by a car coming from the east. Appellant insists that he should not have been allowed damages for that, as it is contended, he contributed to his injury by his own negligence. The refusal to direct a verdict for defendant on this ground is the only error assigned. In determining this question the evidence most favorable to plaintiff must be accepted. According to the evidence in his…