Juergens v. Bell Distributing, Inc.

The question for review is whether the plaintiff, while crossing Eagle avenue, was guilty of contributory negligence as a matter of law. This court has recently decided the case of Martinovich v. E. R. Jones Co., ante, 137. That case, like this, involved the relative rights of a pedestrian and a motor vehicle at a street intersection where traffic is controlled by the usual automatic signals with alternating green and red lights. In the Martinovich case there was no city ordinance giving the pedestrian the right of way. In the instant case there was such an ordinance.

Section 2418 of the…