Rash v. City & County of San Francisco

In a day when the use of the motor vehicle is almost universal and the knowledge of its propensities is common, we are constrained to hold that the trial court should have admitted the testimony of two witnesses who would have described the speed of a municipal bus; we believe the exclusion of the testimony constituted prejudicial error. We have also decided that the testimony of one of the physicians who treated appellant should likewise have been admitted.

The record discloses that on April 18, 1957, at about 7 p. m., appellant, driving in a northerly direction on Connecticut Street in San…