Underhill
Underhill v. Peterson
Opinion
Lead Opinion
Warmer, J.
This is an appeal by the plaintiff from a judgment against her in an action to recover damages caused by plaintiff’s colliding with the defendant’s automobile while she was crossing a public street in the city of Redlands, county of San Bernardino, California. The ease was tried without' a jury and the court found among other things:
The accident occurred on Colton Avenue in said city of Redlands. Colton Avenue is a public street running east and west'. Berkeley Drive is a public street running into the said Colton Avenue. However, it does not extend south of Colton Avenue. The point of impact was about 100 feet west of Berkeley Drive on said Colton Avenue. The defendant’s employee was driving the defendant’s automobile east on said Colton Avenue. Plaintiff had been across the street from her home on the south side of Colton Avenue visiting with some friend and just after the time the street lights were turned on she arrived at a point on the north side of Colton Avenue where she desired to cross said avenue on her way to her home. There was no crosswalk at the place. There were only two persons who saw what happened, plaintiff and defendant’s employee, who was driving the car.…