Dix v. Buell

This is an action instituted in behalf of a minor plaintiff to recover damages for injuries she sustained when struck by the defendant’s motor vehicle after she had entered the street in mid-block from in front of a parked car. Judgment was entered on the jury finding of not guilty, and this appeal has followed.

On April 22, 1955, the then three-year-old plaintiff resided with her parents at 1121 Crosby Street, Rockford, Illinois. Crosby Street ran in an easterly and westerly direction; Longwood ran in a northerly and southerly direction and intersected Crosby some 250 to 350 feet west of the…