Davis v. Belmont Creamery Co.

Defendant had judgment non obstante veredicto upon decision of a reserved motion for a directed verdict. Both parties have appealed.

Oakland avenue in the city of Detroit runs in a northerly and southerly direction and is intersected by Owen avenue. Plaintiff testified that at about 1:30 a. m. on the 19th day of May, 1935, while proceeding to work he walked south on the east side of Oakland to a point 40 feet north of the sidewalk on the north side of Owen; that after determining that there was no approaching traffic he then attempted to cross Oakland in an angling direction to the northwest…