Tir v. Shearn

Mr. Presiding Justice Niemeyer

delivered the opinion of the court.

Plaintiff appeals from a judgment entered on a verdict of not guilty in his action for personal injuries sustained when struck by the motor truck of defendants on or near the south crosswalk at the right-angle intersection of California and North avenues in Chicago.

There is a direct conflict in the evidence as to whether plaintiff was struck on, or about 15 feet or so from, the crosswalk; whether, at the time, the lights controlling traffic at the intersection were green for north and south traffic and whether plaintiff was…