Murphy v. Read

On January 15, 1936, at about 6:45 a. m. plaintiff, a pedestrian, was walking in a westerly direction upon and along the northerly crosswalk of Northeast Going street where the same intersects Northeast Union avenue in the city of Portland, Multnomah county, Oregon, said crosswalk being the pedestrians’ lane of traffic thereat. Defendant was driving his automobile in a northerly direction. There was another car in front of defendant’s approaching said pedestrians’ lane. As said car ahead came in close proximity to plaintiff, plaintiff emerged from in front of said car ahead and defendant…