Benison v. Dembinsky

Appellee, Julia Benison, obtained a judgment for $1,350 in the circuit court of Will county against appellant, John Dembinsky, for personal injuries sustained by reason of her being struck by an automobile driven by appellant, and an appeal has been prosecuted to this court.

The evidence shows that appellee, a woman 60 years of age, was employed as a janitress by the Joliet National Bank, and worked from five o ’clock to ten o ’clock in the evening. On November 15, 1921, after completing her work, she started home. It had been snowing, sleeting and raining during the evening. She walked south…