King v. Unger

McCOMB, J., Dissenting.

I dissent.

In my opinion the decision of the present case is dependent upon the answer to this question: Was plaintiff contributorily negligent as a matter of law in failing to look in an easterly direction from the time he left the curb until he was struck by the automobile operated by defendant Ungerf

In my view of the decisions of the Supreme and Appellate Courts of this state this question must be answered in the affirmative. The law is settled that there is a duty devolving *636upon a pedestrian about to cross a congested street, as the act of an ordinarily prudent…