Owens

This is an action for damages for personal injuries suffered toy plaintiff Sarah J. Owens, and for damages for the loss of her services by the plaintiff John Owens, her husband, as the result of the former being struck by an automobile driven by an employee of the defendant. In the opinion we shall refer to Sarah J. Owens as the plaintiff.

The collision occurred on the evening of December 12, 1916, at about 6 o’clock, when plaintiff was crossing Slauson Avenue at a point a little east of Central Avenue, within the incorporated limits of the city of Los Angeles. She had proceeded to within a few feet of the southerly side of Slauson Avenue when the defendant ?s car struck her, causing the injuries complained of. According to the evidence introduced by plaintiff, it was dark at the time of the accident, the lights on defendant’s ear were very dim, no warning signal of any kind was given by its driver, and the car was being operated, as variously estimated by the witnesses, at fifteen, twenty-five, or thirty miles an hour, and there was considerable traffic at the point where the collision occurred. The plaintiff herself testified—being in this respect corroborated by other…