Lord

Lord v. Stacy

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1924 Cal. App. LEXIS 350·68 Cal. App. 517·229 P. 874
Court of Appeal of CaliforniaSeptember 3, 1924Civ. No. 4443.California1,492 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

Curtis, J.

Action to recover damages for injuries sustained by plaintiff by being run over by an automobile driven by defendant. The accident happened near the in tersection of Lake Avenue and Del Mar Street, in the city of Pasadena, on the evening of January 27, 1921, at about 6:45 o’clock. Lake Avenue runs in a northerly and southerly direction, and there is, a street-car line thereon, on which' the Oak Knoll car is operated. On the evening of the accident a street-car was running northerly on Lake Avenue. Along the same street and moving in the same direction in which the car was traveling, the defendant was operating her automobile. When near the intersection of the two streets above named, defendant’s car collided with plaintiff, who had stepped from the east sidewalk of Lake Avenue on to the street for the purpose of taking the streetcar. It was raining at the time and plaintiff was carrying an umbrella, and had it raised for the purpose of protecting herself from the falling rain. Plaintiff testified that after she stepped from the sidewalk on to the street, she turned toward the rear of the street-car; that she was then carrying her umbrella over her right shoulder, and that there…

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