Hopkins v. Whelan
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Winnebago county; the Hon. Robebt K. Welsh, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1919.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Dibell
On the evening of December 19, 1917, Louise Hopkins was struck and injured by an automobile owned and driven by Fred Whelan. She brought this suit to recover damages from him for said injuries and had a verdict and a judgment for $2,000, from which defendant appeals.
Plaintiff was a clerk in an office in Rockford, and lived at her father’s home in. the country. She was returning home at night from her' work and had with her a brother returning from school. They rode on a street car to the end of the line, then walked south on the west sidewalk of a street until after they reached the city…
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