Wakefield

Wakefield v. Horn

Good Law
109 Cal. App. 325·1930 Cal. App. LEXIS 460·293 P. 97
Court of Appeal of CaliforniaNovember 1, 1930Docket No. 4145.California679 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

The plaintiff had judgment for damages to a truck owned by him, resulting from a collision with an automobile driven by the defendant Mary Horn. Prom this judgment the defendants Horn appeal.

• The record shows that just preceding the collision the plaintiff was driving a truck from a private road on to the highway known as and called the “Roosevelt Highway”, leading to Crescent City. At the time the plaintiff drove on to the highway in question and turned to the right, facing Crescent City, the defendant was driving her car in the direction of Crescent City, and was, at said instant of time, about 255 feet distant from the private road just referred to. The defendant was driving on the Roosevelt highway, as stated, in the direction of Crescent City. At the time of the impact of the two cars, the record shows that the right-hand wheels of the plaintiff’s' truck were within a foot of the extreme right-hand side of the improved highway. While the truck was in this position, it appears that the defendant Mary Horn drove her car so close to the plaintiff’s truck as to come in contact with the left fore-wheel thereof, damaging the truck to the extent found by the trial court. The…

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