Payne

This is an appeal by the defendant from a judgment against him for one thousand dollars, upon a verdict of a jury awarding that amount to plaintiff as damages for personal injuries sustained by being run over by an automobile owned and operated by defendant.

The plaintiff with her grandson, a child of ten years of age, was attempting to cross Main Street, in the city of Los Angeles, at a place in the middle of the block. There were two automobiles parked close to the curb, with sufficient space between them to permit the parking of another machine. Plaintiff stepped off the sidewalk between the two machines which were parked. She is crippled and was walking with a crutch. She looked about her carefully for approaching vehicles before stepping off of the sidewalk, and then took the additional precaution to send her grandson ahead a few feet into the street and past the stationary automobiles, to ascertain whether or not there were any vehicles approaching. While she was standing still between the two automobiles which were parked, and awaiting her grandson’s signal to advance, the automobile driven by defendant backed into the space in which she was standing and knocked her down,…