Brarton v. Fisher-Gilder Cartage & Storage Co.

Miss Brarton was crossing this intersection at about eleven o’clock in the morning; the truck was traveling northward across Champion Street. The old lady was crossing about that time and a number of girls were also crossing, and whom she said she followed. They were leading, the way. She was old, heavy, hard of hearing, somewhat tottering perhaps, and time had no doubt dimmed her eyesight. She followed with the crowd that was passing. Wilkinson, standing at the curb, was about to cross. He saw the truck coming and refrained from doing so at that time, but, more than that, he spoke to Miss…