HOWELL v. BRINEY

Gen. No. 11,167.

125 Ill. App.2d 246 (1970)

260 N.E.2d 858

John D. Howell, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Wilburn Briney and Homer Briney, Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fourth District.

July 13, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pollock, Ennis and O'Connell, of Quincy, for appellant.

Gillespie, Burke and Gillespie, of Springfield, for appellees.


SMITH, J.

The trial court vacated a judgment in favor of the plaintiff for $37,840 awarded as damages for personal injuries to the plaintiff. Judgment n.o.v. for the defendants was entered, and this appeal followed. The sole issue is the correctness of the trial court's determination that the plaintiff was guilty of contributory negligence as a matter of law.

The plaintiff was twenty-two years old and had been...

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