Stamas v. Waskow

In an action to recover damages for personal injuries received when struck by defendant’s truck, plaintiff had a verdict for $5,000. From the judgment thereon defendant appeals.

The declaration alleged generally the negligent operation of defendant’s truck by one of his servants and the violation of the Motor Vehicles Act, Cahill’s St. ch. 95a, with reference to speed. Defendant filed the general issue.

The accident happened in Chicago shortly after two o’clock in the afternoon of June 25, 1926, as plaintiff was going eastward on the north side of Harrison Street, which runs east and west,…