Houghton

The plaintiff had judgment against the defendant in the sum of $10,000 for personal injuries suffered in a collision between a Ford coupe in which the plaintiff was riding and one of the stages belonging to the defendant. No question is presented as to the amount of damages. The record shows that the plaintiff was seriously injured and left a cripple for life. The facts disclosed by the testimony are as follows: On the twenty-first day of April, 1924, the plaintiff was riding in a Ford coupe with Thomas E. Bradley and Mrs. Eleanor Bradley. The Ford coupe had but one seat and all three persons just named were seated thereon, the plaintiff being to the right. The Ford coupe was owned by Mr. Bradley and was being driven in a westerly direction on that certain street known as and called Industrial Street in the city of Los Angeles. At approximately the same time a stage belonging to the defendant corporation was being driven in a southerly direction on a certain other street in the city of Los Angeles known as and called Mill Street, the two streets just named intersecting each other. The collision occurred at a point approximately ten feet westerly of the center of the intersection…