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This is an action to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by plaintiff as a result of being struck by a motorcycle driven by defendant Jorgensen, who at the time was performing a service for his co-defendant and employer McKinney Blueprint Paper Company. The action was tried before a jury, and plaintiff was awarded a verdict of $2,750. Defendants appeal, urging as grounds for reversal that the evidence shows that plaintiff was guilty of contributory negligence, and is insufficient to prove negligence on the part of defendants.

The facts are not disputed and in substance are as follows: “The accident happened at the intersection of Third and Hill Streets, Los Angeles, which streets cross each other at right angles, Hill Street running north and south, and along its center are laid the double tracks of the electric street-ears. There was a safety station on the west side of Hill Street just north of its intersecting line with Third, provided for persons desiring to board the south-bound street-cars on Hill Street, and traffic signals were maintained at this intersection. Respondent started to walk easterly, with the traffic, across Hill Street from the northwest cor ner…