Wrighton v. City of Highland Park

These cases are personal injury cases. They were tried together and a verdict for defendant was directed by the court in both cases, Plaintiff assigns error.

It appears that Jessie Ann Wrighton, wife of the plaintiff, on the afternoon of July 20, 1921, was walking north on the west side of John R. street, between Cottage Grove and Gerald avenues, in the city of Highland Park; that at the same time a truck operated by William E. Little, an employee of defendant city, was proceeding north on the same street with a load of sand. The truck turned into the alley between the two streets. It reached…