Hudnut v. Schmidt

This is an appeal from the judgment of the circuit court of Champaign county in an action for wrongful death, finding the defendant guilty of negligence but assessing the damages at one dollar. The case was tried before the court without a jury. The death occurred at an intersection in the business district in the city of Champaign, at night. The decedent Hale Montgomery Hudnut was, at the time of his death, a pedestrian walking south across University avenue, an east and west street, at the intersection of First street, when he was hit by defendant’s automobile which resulted in his death.

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