Spearman v. COUCH

The highway from Easley, South Carolina, to Pickens, South Carolina, runs practically east and west. About 6:30 or 7:00 o’clock P. M. on December 24, 1948, respondent was walking west on the north side of said highway on the sidewalk. When he got to a point directly opposite the intersection of a street which runs southeast from said highway, respondent started to cross the highway from the north to the south side, and, in so doing, he stepped into the highway and then saw a taxi coming from the east. Before he could get back to the sidewalk, the taxicab struck him and he suffered serious…