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HOOD v. BRINSON

Gen. No. 48,180.

30 Ill. App.2d 498 (1961)

175 N.E.2d 300

Henry Hood, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Edgar Brinson and John Harris, Defendants-Appellants.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District, Third Division.

March 1, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

McCoy, Ming & Leighton, of Chicago (William R. Ming, Jr., George N. Leighton, and Walter Black, of counsel) for appellants.

Alfred Roy Hulbert, of Northfield, for appellee.

MR. JUSTICE DEMPSEY delivered the opinion of the court.

The plaintiff, Henry Hood, sustained fractures of both bones of his left leg as he was being taken from his home after midnight on March 15, 1958, by the defendants, Edgar Brinson and John Harris, two policemen of the Village of East Chicago Heights. His complaint charged negligence. There were no preliminary motions. The answer denied that the defendants were negligent or that the plaintiff exercised due care...

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