Otto v. Whearty

OPINION

By MORGAN, J.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Conciliation branch of the Municipal Court of Cleveland.

The facts in this case are not in dispute. On the afternoon of February 27, 1939, the defendant, driving south on West 117th Street in the City of Cleveland, approached the intersection of that street with Berea Road. While the defendant was between one hundred and fifty and two hundred feet distant from the intersection the traffic signal became green for cars driving south on West 117th Street, and red for cars traveling on Berea Road. The defendant, relying upon the traffic…