Strong v. Hodges

On March 18, 1950, William H. Strong, as administrator of the estate of E. F. Horner, deceased, filed his complaint under the Wrongful Death Act, charging in Count One thereof that on March 3, 1949, the defendant drove his automobile in a southerly direction on U. S. Highway 51 near its intersection with Bridge Street in the Town of Boscoe, Winnebago county, Illinois; that plaintiff’s intestate, a pedestrian, in the exercise of due care for his own safety, was lawfully upon the western portion of said highway; that defendant negligently drove his automobile upon plaintiff’s intestate,…