Crosby

Crosby v. Pickwick Stages, Northern Division

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1928 Cal. App. LEXIS 274·88 Cal. App. 799·264 P. 346
Court of Appeal of CaliforniaJanuary 30, 1928Docket No. 3405.California230 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

Pullen, J.

This is an appeal from a judgment upon a verdict awarding plaintiffs and respondents damages for personal injuries sustained by the respondent Rose Crosby while riding as a passenger for hire in a motor-bus operated by appellant as a result of the negligent operation of the stage by appellant.

The points on this appeal are based upon an instruction requested by respondent and given by the court which appellant contends is erroneous, and also that such instruction is in conflict with other instructions given by the court and tended to confuse and mislead the jury to the prejudice of the defendant.

This case is a companion case with another action arising out of the same accident entitled John J. Shropshire v. Pickwick Stages, Northern Division, et al., being L. A. No. 8559, reported in 85 Cal. App. 216 [ 258 Pac. 1107 ], and the same points here urged were there very carefully and fully briefed and considered therein and no good purpose would be accomplished in a further review of the points.

Therefore, upon the authority of Shropshire v. Pickwick Stages etc., supra, the judgment is affirmed.

Hart, J., and Finch, P. J., concurred.

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