George v. New England Dressed Meat & Wool Co.

At the time she received her injury the plaintiff had been sent by her mother to make a purchase at a grocery store on the north side of Spruce street. She approached Spruce street from Fifth avenue lane and before crossing the street looked west. To quote her own words, the defendant’s car was then two or three “stores or doors” away (a distance of about ninety-five feet), and she considered this to be “far” away. After starting to cross the street she looked to the east, and was struck by the automobile at a point about sixteen feet from the southeasterly curb. According to Bureau’s…