Case Name: AKRON (City) v. PENHORWOOD
Court: Ohio Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 1923-05-25
Citations: 1 Ohio Law Abs. 818
Docket Number: No. 647
Parties: AKRON (City) v. PENHORWOOD
Judges: 
Reporter: The Ohio Law Abstract
Volume: 1
Pages: 818–818

Head Matter:
No. 850
AKRON (City) v. PENHORWOOD
Ohio Appeals, 9th District, Summit County
No. 647.
May 25, 1923
259. MUNICIPAL LAW.
' Pedestrian crossing street at place other than crossing held not negligent.
Attorneys — H. M. Hagelbarger, Dir. of Law, C. T. Moore, Asst. Dir. of Law, for City; Herberich, Bur-íoughs & Bailey, for Penhorwood.

Opinion:
WASHBURN, J.
Epitomized Opinion
Action for damages by plaintiff who walked diagonally across a street in defendant city outside the space usually marked as a cross-walk and stepped into a hole in the street which had been there a long time and which was filled with snow. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff. Defendant prosecuted error. Held:
There was no error in the charge to the jury that a pedestrian has a right to cross a street wherever he chooses. His crossing at a place where no street crossing is provided is not negligence as a matter of law. The verdict is not manifestly against the weight of the evidence. Judgment affirmed.