Bauer v. Veith

The precise question, presented in this civil case, arose in the corresponding civil case of McGowan v. City of Los Angeles, 100 Cal App 2d 386 (223 P2d 862, 21 ALR2d 1206)*, which last case was quoted and adopted by Chief Justice Kavanagh in the recently decided criminal case of People v. Lyall, 372 Mich 607, 615, 620-622. In McGowan, following an inters eetional collision of motor vehicles, it was claimed that Cox, one of the drivers (Cox was instantly killed), was driving while under the influence of intoxicating liquor. A toxicologist, employed in the coroner’s office, testified that a…