Andersen v. Byrnes

Defendant in error, Selma Andersen, (herein referred to as plaintiff,) recovered a judgment for $12,000 in the superior court of Cook county against plaintiff in error, E. P. Byrnes, (herein referred to as defendant,) on account of personal injuries sustained by her in a collision between an automobile driven by her and an automobile owned by defendant and driven by his minor son. The judgment was affirmed by the Appellate Court, and the cause comes to this court on a writ of certiorari.

About 10:30 P. M. on September 25, 1925, plaintiff, a woman over fifty years of age, accompanied by Nina…