FISHER v. WILLIAMS

No. 46989.

327 S.W.2d 256 (1959)

Emery FISHER, Plaintiff (Appellant), v. Leo Eugene WILLIAMS, Defendant (Respondent).

Supreme Court of Missouri, Division No. 2.

Rehearing Denied September 14, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Schomburg & Marshall, Richard M. Marshall, Glen C. Schomburg, Northcutt Coil, St. Louis, for plaintiff (appellant).

F. X. Cleary, C. M. Kirkham, Moser, Marsalek, Carpenter, Cleary, Jaeckel & Hamilton, St. Louis, for respondent.


BARRETT, Commissioner.

Shortly after five o'clock on the afternoon of August 19, 1954, plaintiff, Emery Fisher, instead of walking to a regular pedestrian crosswalk or to a light-controlled street intersection, attempted to walk across Gravois in the middle of the block. There are six traffic lanes on Gravois, one on each side of the street for parked vehicles and four lanes, two on each side of a white line, for moving vehicles. When Fisher attempted to cross the...

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