Ruperto

Ruperto v. Thomas

Good Law
113 Cal. App. 523·1931 Cal. App. LEXIS 885·298 P. 851
Court of Appeal of CaliforniaApril 18, 1931Docket No. 4341.California1,363 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

Thompson, J.

This is an appeal from a judgment for damages resulting from an automobile collision at the intersection of streets.

Georgia and Amador Streets in the city of Vallejo intersect at a right angle. The plaintiff was driving a Chrysler roadster easterly on Georgia Street along a course about ten feet from the south curbing. The top of his machine was open at either side. It was daylight. There was apparently no traffic in view. The plaintiff had crossed a bridge which was located about a block west of the intersection of these streets. He was traveling at a speed of about twenty-five miles an -hour. When he reached a point seventy-five feet from the nearest line of Amador Street, he slackened his speed to about ten miles an hour and extended his left arm horizontally for the purpose of indicating his intention to make a U-turn at the intersection. This left-arm signal was maintained until he reached the inter section. He also directed his course to within a foot or two of the south curbing -to make room for the turn. When he reached a point twenty-five feet from the nearest line of Amador Street he looked into his rear-view mirror and glanced to his left. He testified that his mirror…

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