Bibby v. Meyer

MORAN, GEORGE, J.

Plaintiff appeals from an order entered in the Circuit Court of Effingham County denying plaintiff’s post-trial motion for a new trial and entering judgment on the verdict of the jury in favor of the defendant in a negligence action for personal injuries.

Plaintiff, a minor, by his next friend and mother, sued the defendant for personal injuries arising out of an accident occurring on August 30, 1959 at the intersection of Scott and Morgan Streets in the city of Newton, Illinois. Plaintiff, who was fourteen years of age at the time of the accident, was a passenger in the front…