Case ID: ill-app_210/html/0380-01.html
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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

Julius Thomas, Appellee, v. John Howatt, Appellant.
    Gen. No. 23,744.
    (Not to he reported in full.)
    Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Charles M. Walker, Judge, presiding.
    Heard in this court at the October term, 1917.
    Affirmed.
    Opinion filed April 29, 1918.
    Statement of the Case.
    Action by Julius Thomas, plaintiff, against John Howatt, defendant, to recover damages for personal injuries received through collision with defendant’s automobile. From a judgment for plaintiff for $750, defendant appeals.
    MacChesney, Becker, Angerstein & Bollo, for appellant ; Nathan William MacChesney, Thomas C. Angerstein, Egbert P. Bollo and George W. Anger-stein, of counsel.
    
      Abstract of the Decision.
    Automobiles and garages, § 3
      
      —when verdict for plaintiff for injuries received in collision of motorcycle with automobile not disturbed. In an action to recover for personal injuries alleged to have been received through defendant’s negligence in driving his automobile, whereby he caused it to collide with plaintiff who was riding a motorcycle, where the evidence, though conflicting, is sufficient to support a verdict for plaintiff, a judgment in his favor will not be disturbed.
    Thomas B. Lantry, for appellee.
    
      
      See Illinois Notes Digest, Vola. XI to XT, and Cumulative Quarterly, same topic and section number.
    
   Mr. Justice McSurely

delivered the opinion of the court.