Hendrick
Johnson v. Hendrick
Opinion
Lead Opinion
Brittain, J.
The defendant appeals from a judgment for $695, damages and costs, on a verdict of the jury for injuries sustained by Mrs. Jennie E. Johnson, when she was thrown from an automobile in which she was riding with her husband when that car was struck by an automobile driven by the defendant.
The collision occurred at the intersection of Crosby Street and Logan Avenue, in the city of San Diego, in the afternoon of a clear day. Logan Avenue, which was paved with asphalt, runs east and west, and is fifty-two feet wide between curbs. Parallel lines of street railway track are on either side of the center line, and the distance from the curb on each side of the nearest rail of the car track is eighteen and one-half feet. The sidewalks are fourteen feet wide. Crosby Street runs into or across Logan Avenue from the north. It is forty feet wide between curbs, and its sidewalks are ten feet wide. The traffic runs west on the north side of Logan Avenue and east on the south side. On Crosby Street the traffic runs north on the east and south on the west side. At the northeast corner of the street intersection is a large building which cuts off. the view of drivers running west on the north side…