Shoobridge v. Callahan

The only question argued is whether, as matter of law, a finding should have been entered for the defendant on the ground of the plaintiff’s contributory negligence.

The plaintiff was struck and injured by an automobile driven by the defendant on February 6, 1940, at about 7: 30 to 8: 00 o’clock in the evening on Huntington Avenue in Boston. The plaintiff, who was sixty-nine years of age, was walking from the southerly side of the avenue to the northerly side. He had crossed the eastbound lane and the reservation in the center of the street and was struck as he was crossing the westbound lane.

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