DRIESSENS v. VERKRUYSE

Gen. No. 11,802.

46 Ill. App.2d 87 (1964)

196 N.E.2d 353

James E. Driessens, a Minor, by Edward Driessens, His Father and Next Friend, and Edward Driessens, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Bruce Verkruyse, Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Third District.

February 17, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

D.J. McRae, of Kewanee, William F. Kirman, of Annawan, and R. Sheridan Welch, and Andrews & Andrews, of Kewanee, for appellants.

Elliott R. McDonald, McDonald, McDonald & Carlin, of Davenport and Robert H. White, of Geneseo, for appellee.


SCHEINEMAN, J.

This is an appeal by a plaintiff from a judgment entered on a not guilty verdict. The case involves a head-on collision occurring April 3, 1959, at 4:45 p.m. on a country road about two miles east of Route 78 near Annawan, Illinois. It was a sunny day, and the road was dry.

The condition of the road and surrounding terrain have some importance in this case. The point of collision was just east of the crest of a hill, but there were high banks...

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