Beyer

This is an appeal from a judgment of non-suit rendered at the close of plaintiff’s case in her action for personal injuries.

There is substantial agreement concerning the facts surrounding plaintiff’s injury, which may be summarized as follows: At about 11 a.m. on October 8, 1957, plaintiff was in her ear making a left turn from Sepulveda Boulevard onto Chatsworth Street in the San Fernando Valley. Her 6%-year-old daughter was with her in the front seat. Prior to making her turn, plaintiff saw a friend, Mrs. Lorentzen, in a car behind her. Plaintiff completed the turn and proceeded west on Chatsworth Street. She then slowed down and began to drive off the paved portion of the road, intending to stop her car and talk with Mrs. Lorentzen, who had seen plaintiff and was also slowing down. Plaintiff testified that this was her only reason for leaving the roadway. As plaintiff decelerated, Mrs. Lorentzen passed her on the left and pulled her car onto the unpaved shoulder of the road ahead of plaintiff. Plaintiff continued to pull over to the side, traveling at about five miles per hour. Before she reached Mrs. Lorentzen’s car, however, plaintiff’s car struck an unseen object. The ear…