Williams v. Walsh

This is an appeal by Eileen Walsh, defendant, from judgments entered against her on verdicts in favor of plaintiffs James Williams and Virginia Williams, his wife, in the sums of $3,000 and $9,000, respectively. This suit results from an automobile accident which occurred on October 17,1948, shortly after 9:00 p. m.

Testimony for the plaintiffs was to the effect that Mrs. Williams was a guest passenger in her husband’s automobile, which was proceeding east on Route 125, a 20-foot paved highway, about 6% miles west of Spring-field, Illinois; that the Williams car was traveling about 50 miles…