DeYoung v. Ralley

On December 11, 1941, plaintiff was injured as she was crossing Chicago avenue, in Oak Park, Illinois, in a northerly direction on the west crosswalk of Elm-wood avenue, when she was struck by an eastbound automobile driven by Leopold Bailey, the original defendant in the suit. Subsequently he died and Sadie H. Bailey, executrix of his will, was substituted as defendant. The jury returned a verdict finding defendant guilty and assessing plaintiff’s damages at $8,958.33. Defendant appeals from a judgment entered upon the verdict.

The grounds of recovery relied upon by plaintiff in her amended…