Case Name: George Conway, Claimant, vs. State of Illinois, Respondent
Court: Illinois Court of Claims
Jurisdiction: Illinois
Decision Date: 1929-11-07
Citations: 6 Ill. Ct. Cl. 342
Docket Number: No. 1357
Parties: George Conway, Claimant, vs. State of Illinois, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Illinois Court of Claims Reports
Volume: 6
Pages: 342–343

Head Matter:
(No. 1357
George Conway, Claimant, vs. State of Illinois, Respondent.
Opinion filed November 7, 1929.
Snapp, Heise & Snapp, for claimant.
Oscar E. Carlstrom, Attorney General; Boy D. Johnson, Assistant Attorney General, for respondent.

Opinion:
Mr. Chief Justice Clarity
delivered the opinion of the court:
It appears that claimant, a married man having no children, was driving south on Scott Street in the City • of Joliet on March 5th, 1928, and as he approached the intersection of Scott and Jackson Streets, from the north he claimed he slowed down and looked to the right and saiv nothing except a State truck nearly a block away. Seeing no other cars he shifted gears and ran into the intersection at an increasing rate of speed. It is claimed the State truck, a Ford, without a speedometer, was'being driven east by a laborer hired by the Highway Department. There was a collision. The State of Illinois contends that the employee of the State was on the right and states that there is conflicting evidence as to the speed of the car which the court is inclined to believe to be the case.
This court is of the opinion that if the drivers of these cars exercised ordinary care that no accident would have occurred. The court does not believe that the State of Illinois should be held responsible for an accident based upon the facts as set out in this case.
Therefore it is ordered by the court that the claim be disallowed.