McIntosh

McIntosh v. Los Angeles Railway Corp.

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1936 Cal. LEXIS 599·7 Cal. 2d 90·59 P.2d 959
Supreme Court of CaliforniaJuly 28, 1936L. A. 15751California1,910 words

Opinion

Opinion

Curtis, J.

Plaintiff recovered judgment against the defendant for injuries sustained by him while a passenger in one of defendant’s street cars operated in the city of Los Angeles. The defendant has appealed from the judgment upon a bill of exceptions. The two grounds urged by appellant for a reversal of the judgment are the insufficiency of the evidence, and the excessive amount of the judgment.

The appellant owns and operates a system of electric street cars in the city of Los Angeles. One line of said system runs on and along McClintock Avenue in a generally northerly and southerly direction. McClintock Avenue is intersected practically at right angles by Thirty-second Street. The latter street is one short block north of Jefferson Street which also runs in an easterly and westerly direc tion. Respondent was a passenger in one of appellant’s street cars as it traveled south on McClintock Avenue. The route of this particular line upon which the street car was traveling was southerly on McClintock Avenue to Thirty-second Street and thence to Jefferson Street. The track on McClintock Avenue as it nears Jefferson Street has a curve of about 50 to 60 degrees. As the car in which respondent…

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