Legal Opinion

Acker v. Columbus & Southern Ohio Electric Co.

Ohio Court of Appeals

Decided October 16, 1944No. 3752PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*432OPINION

By HORNBECK, J.

This is an appeal on questions of law from a judgment in the sum of $30,000.00 in favor of the plaintiff and against the defendant entered on a unanimous verdict of a jury. We hereinafter discuss specifically the errors assigned.

Plaintiff’s decedent, Francis Acker, was a passenger in a Ford coupe driven by Samuel K. Martin which was struck by a trolley bus of the defendant company, killing plaintiff’s decedent. The accident occurred at the intersection of Champion Avenue and Oak Street in the city of Columbus. The bus was moving in a westerly direction and the Ford in a…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. State v. BlairOhio Court of Appeals · 1927
  2. Vetel v. MeiklejohnOhio Court of Appeals · 1932

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. People v. StoneAppellate Court of Illinois · 1989
  2. Senn, Admx. v. LacknerOhio Court of Appeals · 1951
  3. State v. WallOhio Court of Appeals · 1962
  4. People v. EveristAppellate Court of Illinois · 1964
  5. Senn, Admx. v. LacknerOhio Court of Appeals · 1951

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