Cook

The plaintiff had judgment against the defendants in the sum of $4,500 for and on account of injuries suffered by being struck and knocked down by an automobile owned by the defendant C. • E. Sanger, operated by him at a time while said Sanger was acting as an em-

The accident leading to the injury of the'plaintiff occurred in the following manner: The defendant Sanger parked his automobile on Bast Fourth Street, between Los Angeles and Main Streets, on the north side of Fourth Street, about halfway up the block. Fourth Street runs east and west. There is a decided slope on East Fourth Street at the point where the automobile was parked, this slope being downhill from west to east, Los Angeles Street being lower than Main Street. The automobile was parked at about noontime. After parking the automobile, Sanger spent a few minutes in an establishment conducted by the International Electric Company. After transacting his business with the Electric Company, Sanger returned to the place where his automobile was parked, and in starting the car used a crank for that purpose. It appears that the self-starter was out of order. The crank for starting the car was in the front compartment…