Uhl v. Fertig

Plaintiffs were awarded judgment for damages. They alleged in their complaint that defendant operated in a negligent manner an automobile upon the public highway, with the result that it collided with a similar vehicle owned by the plaintiffs and damaged the latter. It was particularly alleged that the defendant’s car was being driven at a speed in excess of thirty-five miles per hour. The amount of the recovery allowed was the sum of $650, from which judgment the defendant has appealed.

San Fernando Boulevard, in the county of Los Angeles, is a paved thoroughfare twenty-four feet in width. It…