Thompson

Thompson v. Dentman

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131 Cal. App. 680·1933 Cal. App. LEXIS 824·21 P.2d 1009
Court of Appeal of CaliforniaMay 10, 1933Docket Nos. 7622, 7657.California2,659 words

Opinion

lead Opinion

Stephens, J.

We are in this opinion considering appeals from the verdict and the judgment for damages in the sum of $7,850 and costs in favor of all of the plaintiffs and against all of the defendants. The defendants Bowker join in appealing separately from defendant Dentman, who appeals separately and alone.

The damages were awarded for the death of Veronica Biehl, alleged to have occurred by reason of the negligence of defendants and appellants A. G. Dentman and Edward L. Bowker, in operating their automobiles. The verdict and judgment are also against defendants Walter K. Bowker and Harriet B. Bowker by reason of their statutory liability as the parents of Edward L. Bowker whose operator’s license was issued on their application.

The plaintiff Conrad Biehl was the surviving husband, and the plaintiffs Henry Edwin Knechtel, Edna Idella Hilbert and Joseph Wesley Knechtel were the surviving children of the deceased Veronica Biehl.

General Statement of Facts.

This is another case of two automobiles meeting within the intersection of two thoroughfares. It is more distressing than most others of these distressing eases because the death tragedy overtook the victim as she was walking across…

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