Edwards

This action was brought to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained by plaintiff Huldah T. Edwards as the result of an automobile accident, which occurred about 8:30 P. M., April 1, 1927, just beyond the point where the Berryessa road intersects the Oakland-San Jose highway at an acute angle.

The night was dark and the highway was wet and slippery from rain. Said plaintiff and her small daughter, as guests, and Mrs. Gullick, were riding in the rear seat of the closed car which defendant Gullick, was driving southerly along said Oakland-San Jose highway. The automobile driven by defendant Murotsune was at the same time proceeding southwesterly along said Berryessa road; he reached the crossing and turned northerly into the highway. The headlights of his car shining on the wet road, or the allegedly wide turn made by him, misled defendant Gulliek to believe that he intended to proceed straight across the highway in the path of the approaching Gulliek car. At any rate, defendant Gulliek, in an attempt to avoid what he thought was an imminent collision, applied his brakes and swung to the left and the two cars thereupon collided at about the center of the…