CHISM v. DECATUR NEWSPAPERS, INC.

Gen. No. 9,692.

340 Ill. App. 42 (1950)

91 N.E.2d 114

Martin Chism, Appellant, v. Decatur Newspapers, Inc., Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois.

Released for publication March 29, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

LOUIS L. MASON and F.R. WILEY, both of Decatur, for appellant.

VAIL, MILLS & ARMSTRONG, of Decatur, for appellee.


MR. JUSTICE O'CONNOR delivered the opinion of the court.

The plaintiff appellant, hereinafter called plaintiff, appeals from an order overruling plaintiff's motion for a new trial following a jury verdict of not guilty in a negligence action for injuries suffered when a truck of the defendant appellee, hereinafter called the defendant, struck the plaintiff, a pedestrian. In the first trial the jury did not agree and the...

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