Moran v. Gatz

Appellant recovered a judgment in the superior court of Cook county against appellee for injuries sustained by being struck at a street intersection by an automobile driven by appellee. The Appellate Court, First District, reversed the judgment without remanding, holding that plaintiff was guilty of contributory negligence as matter of law. (324 Ill. App. 45, 57 N. E. 2d 281.) That is the pivotal question here. The facts, as shown by plaintiff’s evidence, are in substance as follows:

Appellant, a woman 61 years of age, while crossing One Hundred Fifteenth street on the east crosswalk, from…