Webster

Webster v. Motor Parcel Delivery Co.

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1919 Cal. App. LEXIS 523·41 Cal. App. 657·183 P. 220
Court of Appeal of CaliforniaJune 19, 1919Civ. No. 2865.California1,228 words

Opinion

lead Opinion

Richards, J.

This appeal is from a judgment in the plaintiff’s favor for the sum of $1,530.74 damages for injuries alleged to have been received by the plaintiff through being struck by the defendant’s automobile upon one of the streets of the city of Oakland while the said automobile was being operated by a servant of the defendant in a negligent manner.

A brief statement of the material facts in the case will serve to elucidate the several points urged by the appellant upon this appeal.

Clay Street, in the city of Oakland, at the time of the plaintiff’s injuries was one of1 the streets of said city wherein automobiles were to be parked in the center of the street in accordance with the traffic regulations adopted by the governing body of said city. On December 1, 1917, at about 8 o’clock in the evening, the plaintiff parked her automobile in the center of Clay Street, between 14th and 15th Streets, and having done so walked out from the rear of her machine westerly with the intention of crossing to the westerly side of Clay Street, and was immediately, and when about three feet from the said westerly end of her machine, struck by an automobile of the defendants driven by one of its agents,…

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