Staples

The plaintiff below, who is the respondent here, was the owner and operator of a garage located on the westerly side of a main thoroughfare known as Harbor Boulevard, which runs from the center of the city of Los Angeles to the harbor. The garage was set back from the pavement line something like ten feet. About even with the southerly wall of the building, but on the street line, is a small restaurant or barbecue stand. A Paige automobile, used as a tow-car in connection with the business of the garage, was standing in front of and close to the garage. The Riverside-Redondo Boulevard, sometimes called the Compton-Redondo Boulevard, crosses Har bor Boulevard just a few feet north of the garage herein referred to. Defendant’s lumber truck with trailer was traveling southerly along the westerly side of Harbor Boulevard, and while in the intersection of the two boulevards referred to an automobile with trailer, coming up from the rear, attempted to and did pass the truck on its left side. Other cars at the time were approaching the intersection from the south, and still others were a short distance back of the automobile and trailer. The automobile with trailer swerved back into its…