Leblanc

Action to recover damages alleged to have been sustained by plaintiff in an automobile collision which occurred at the intersection of Atlantic Avenue and San Antonio Boulevard, in the city of Long Beach. Atlantic Avenue runs practically north and south. It is intersected by San Antonio Boulevard at an obtuse angle. Plaintiff was traveling westerly on San Antonio Boulevard and the defendant was traveling north on Atlantic Avenue. When plaintiff was about 50 feet from the intersection he looked to the south and saw defendant’s car about 150 feet from the intersection. Plaintiff again looked to the south just as he was entering the intersection and saw the defendant’s car 75 feet south of the intersection and traveling at the rate of about 50 miles per hour. Plaintiff then proceeded to cross the intersection, and when he had passed the center line of Atlantic Avenue and while he was in the northwest quadrant of the intersection he was struck by the defendant’s car. Atlantic Avenue is 80 feet in width and San Antonio Boulevard is 60 feet wide. Plaintiff at the time he entered the intersection was traveling about 15 miles per hour, and he testified that he could stop his car while so…