Reese v. Buhle

PRESIDING JUSTICE SCHWARTZ

delivered the opinion of the court.

This is an appeal by plaintiffs, Annette Reese, 27, her daughter, Lee Anne Reese, 6, and her niece, June Doligala, 10 years old, from a judgment on a verdict of not guilty in a personal injury case. On May 12, 1951, all three were injured in a collision with defendant’s car while they were crossing Archer avenue within an unmarked crosswalk at the intersection of Richmond street.

Plaintiffs’ case rests principally on the contention that as they were walking within a crosswalk and as defendant had lived in the neighborhood and knew he…