Bach

Bach v. C. Swanston & Son

Good Law
105 Cal. App. 72·1930 Cal. App. LEXIS 653·286 P. 1097
Court of Appeal of CaliforniaApril 3, 1930Docket No. 3939.California3,348 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

Jamison, J.

This is an appeal from a judgment for damages in favor of respondents growing out of an automobile collision that resulted in the death of Mary Bach, the mother of respondent minors and wife of respondent John Bach and that resulted in alleged injuries to the said John Bach.

The complaint contains two counts, the first of which is for damages for the death of the said Mary Bach and the second being for damages for the alleged injuries sustained by the said John Bach. This case was tried with a jury which returned a verdict for damages for the death of Mary Bach in the sum of $30,000 and a verdict in favor of the said John Bach for damages for the alleged injuries sustained by him in the sum of $6,000.

On the morning that the accident happened the said John Bach was driving his Chevrolet automobile north on Fourteenth Avenue in the city of Sacramento. With him in said automobile was his wife, Mary Bach, who was sitting in the back seat and a Mr. Benson who was sitting in the front seat to the right of the said John Bach.

Respondents’ evidence was to the effect that when John Bach reached the intersection of said Fourteenth Avenue and Forty-fourth Street appellant Charles…

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