Wojtowicz v. Belden

Stone, Justice.

After verdict directed for defendant (because of decedent’s contributory negligence), plaintiff appeals from the order denying her motion for new trial. After dark on the evening of December 28, 1939, the decedent, walking on the Point Douglas road near Battle Creek on the southerly outskirts of St. Paul, was struck fatally by defendant’s automobile.

Point Douglas road leads southerly from St. Paul on the bench at the foot of the bluffs which there face westerly toward the Mississippi River. There are two roadways, one on the east for northbound, and the other on the west for…