Smith v. City of Rock Island

PRESIDING JUSTICE WRIGHT

delivered the opinion of the conrt.

This action was commenced to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by plaintiff, Mae Smith, in an automobile collision which occurred on the night of January 3, 1957, at the intersection of Ninth Street and Thirty-first Avenue in Rock Island, Illinois. The jury returned a verdict finding the defendant, City of Rock Island, not guilty and judgment was entered thereon, from which judgment plaintiff appeals.

Ninth Street in the City of Rock Island is a north and south street of black construction, 24 feet in width. Thirty-first…