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Boyle v. McGill

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fourth District
Apr 21, 1949
337 Ill. App. 647 (Ill. App. Ct. 1949)

Opinion

Gen. No. 10,333. (Abstract of Decision.)

Opinion filed April 21, 1949 Rehearing denied June 8, 1949 Released for publication June 8, 1949

AUTOMOBILES AND MOTOR VEHICLES, § 111sufficiency of evidence in collision case. In consolidated actions for damages to plaintiffs' automobiles caused by three-way collision occurring when defendant's automobile was being pushed from tavern driveway on to paved highway by an unknown motorist on rainy night, evidence sustained verdicts and judgments for plaintiffs, as against contention that unknown motorist was responsible for accident and that defendant, who was not in his automobile at moment of accident, had no control over its movement.

See Callaghan's Illinois Digest, same topic and section number.

Appeal from the County Court of LaSalle county; the Hon. JOHN J. MASSIEON, Judge, presiding.

Judgments affirmed. Heard in this court at the February term, 1949.

William Zwanzig, Wendell Thompson, and Joseph E. Lanuti, for appellant;

Robert J. Sinon and T.E. White, for appellee.


Not to be published in full. Opinion filed April 21, 1949; rehearing denied June 8, 1949; released for publication June 8, 1949.


Summaries of

Boyle v. McGill

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fourth District
Apr 21, 1949
337 Ill. App. 647 (Ill. App. Ct. 1949)
Case details for

Boyle v. McGill

Case Details

Full title:John J. Boyle, Appellee, v. Richard McGill, Appellant. Elmer Linn…

Court:Appellate Court of Illinois, Fourth District

Date published: Apr 21, 1949

Citations

337 Ill. App. 647 (Ill. App. Ct. 1949)
86 N.E.2d 257

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