Rupp v. Keebler
Appellate Court of Illinois
Error to the Municipal Court of Chicago; the Hon. Fbeemah K. Blake, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Barnes
At the intersection of two streets plaintiff in error, Keebler, while going west ran his automobile into a loaded express wagon which defendant in error, Bupp, was driving south, causing the latter to be thrown to the ground and bruised. The points argued are that the verdict was against the weight of the evidence and that the sum of $200 assessed as damages was excessive.
From the facts disclosed by the evidence, we think plaintiff in error failed to recognize that wagons and other vehicles have an equal right of way over public crossings with automobiles. He was driving at the rate of…
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