Hogrefe v. Johnson

Appellee, John Hogrefe, plaintiff below, and hereinafter called plaintiff, filed his suit against Edward S. Johnson, defendant below, for damages received by said plaintiff in a collision of plaintiff’s automobile with that of defendant. Plaintiff recovered a verdict in the sum of $3,250. The trial court ordered a remittitur of $750, which was accepted by plaintiff, and judgment was accordingly entered for $2,500. Defendant, Johnson, prosecutes this appeal.

It appears from the evidence that plaintiff left his home at Buckley, Illinois, at an early hour on January 10, 1931, for the purpose of…