Hill v. Stringer

The plaintiff was struck by the defendant’s automobile while she was walking northerly across Main street, in the city of Burlington, at a point about 29 feet west of the westerly cross-walk on Church street, at some time, after 8:30 in the evening of September 1,-1947. The defendant made no claim below, and makes noire here, that his negligence did not proximately cause the accident. The only question before us is whether there was sufficient evidence for a jury to find that the plaintiff was free from contributory negligence, and is raised by the plaintiff’s exception to the granting of the…