Conner

Conner v. Dale

Good Law
1923 Cal. App. LEXIS 188·63 Cal. App. 338·218 P. 462
Court of Appeal of CaliforniaAugust 1, 1923Civ. No. 4595.California1,616 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

Richards, J.

This action arose out of an automobile collision in the city of Fresno on or about the sixteenth day of January, 1921. Plaintiffs were proceeding in their machine in a southerly direction on Blackstone Avenue in said city and defendant was traveling in a general westerly direction along Divisadero Street in the same city. Blackstone Avenue and Divisadero Street intersect at right angles. The record does not disclose the exact widths of either of these two intersecting streets, although it does appear that Divisadero Street is a narrow street, while Blackstone Avenue is a much wider street and is, in fact, wide enough to accommodate a double line of street railway tracks with ample space for its ordinary vehicle travel. It is alleged that defendant, by reason of his careless, negligent, and reckless driving and management of his automobile, violently ran into and collided with plaintiffs’ machine at the intersection of said streets, causing plaintiffs’ automobile to be wrecked and demolished to their damage in the amount of $1,000; and that by reason of this collision the plaintiff Bertha Conner sustained severe injuries, the nature and extent of which are specifically set forth in…

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