Palmer v. City of Long Beach

33 Cal.2d 134 (1948)

SARAH J. PALMER, Respondent,

v.

CITY OF LONG BEACH, Appellant.

L. A. No. 20583.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

Nov. 26, 1948.

Irving M. Smith, City Attorney, Clifford E. Hayes and Dewey L. Strickler, Deputy City Attorneys, for Appellant.

A. J. O'Connor, George J. Hider and James F. Curtin for Respondent.

TRAYNOR, J.

Plaintiff brought this action for damages against the city of Long Beach for injuries resulting from a fall on a public sidewalk.

Plaintiff was walking along the west side of Pine Avenue, in a residential district on a dark night in February, 1944, when the toe of…