Nilsson v. Checker Taxi Co.

This is an appeal from a judgment entered in a personal injury suit. Plaintiff Russell Nilsson sued defendant Checker Taxi Company for damages. The court, without a jury, heard evidence and made findings in favor of the defendant. The issue is whether these findings are contrary to the manifest weight of the evidence.

Milwaukee Avenue in Chicago is a street that runs northwest and southeast. Sacramento intersects Milwaukee and runs north and south. On January 11, 1963, at about 4:00 A.M., plaintiff, then 18, was a passenger in one of defendant’s taxicabs which was being driven northwesterly on…