Demers

Demers v. Sutherland

Good Law
117 Cal. App. 489·1931 Cal. App. LEXIS 528·4 P.2d 187
Court of Appeal of CaliforniaOctober 15, 1931Docket No. 483.California2,193 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

Allison, J.

In this case the plaintiff recovered judgment against the defendant in the sum of $12,000. Defendant appeals.

The case was tried before the court without a jury. It appears that on the twenty-second day of March, 1929, respondent was riding in an automobile driven by Leo J. Demers, her husband, proceeding in a westerly direction along San Miguel Avenue and while crossing the intersection of said avenue with Massachusetts Avenue a collision occurred between the automobile in which respondent was riding and an autobus owned by the appellant Fred A. Sutherland and at the time being operated by appellant M. L. Curtis, an employee of Sutherland. The respondent received certain injuries as- a result of the collision. Both of said avenues are public highways situated in San Diego County. The intersection at which the collision occurred is not within the corporate limits of any city, town or village. Massachusetts Avenue was at the time and now is an arterial highway provided on both sides with boulevard stop signs. San Miguel Avenue intersects Massachusetts Avenue at right angles. At the time the collision occurred the autobus was proceeding in a southerly direction along Massachusetts…

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