Ederer
Ederer v. Shanzer
Opinion
Lead Opinion
Sturteyant, J.
In an action to recover for personal injuries sustained in an automobile accident the plaintiff was awarded a verdict and from the judgment entered thereon the defendant has appealed.
Late in the afternoon, but before sunset, a collision occurred between the motorcycle operated by the plaintiff and a Ford automobile operated by the defendant. The collision occurred at the crossing of Sixth Street and Mission Street in San Francisco. On Mission Street there is a double street-car track running east and west. On Sixth Street there is a double street-ear track running north and south and crossing Mission Street at right angles. There is also at the crossing a cross-over from the westerly track on Sixth Street to the southerly track on Mission Street. The plaintiff had come south on Sixth Street to the northern property line of Mission Street at a time when the automatic signals indicated “stop”. He brought his motorcycle to a full stop at the property line. On the opposite side of the street a Chrysler automobile was stopped at the southern property line of Mission Street and was standing on the rails of the eastern car track in Sixth Street. It was the intention of the plaintiff to…