Coppock
Coppock v. Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
Opinion
Lead Opinion
Plummer, J.
The plaintiffs had judgment against the defendants in the sum of $4,000 for and on account of personal injuries alleged to have been suffered by the plaintiff, Ada M. Coppock, on account of the negligence of the defendants. From this judgment the defendants appeal, and also appeal from the order of the court denying defendants’ motion for a new trial. As no appeal lies from an order denying a motion for new trial, that portion of the appeal is hereby dismissed.
Three vehicles were involved in the occurrences leading up to the injury of the plaintiff Ada M. Coppock, to wit: A passenger vehicle driven by a man by the name of Beyer; a passenger vehicle driven by Mrs. Marsie Wallace; and a truck belonging to the defendant, Pacific Gas and Electric Company, a corporation, and driven by its employee, K. M. Sather.
The injuries constituting the basis of this action were suffered by Ada M. Coppock in an automobile collision occurring on the twenty-sixth day of February, 1932, on the Yolo side of the M Street bridge across the Sacramento River. The record shows that just prior to the incidents related, the draw on the M Street bridge had been opened so that a line of cars crossing the…