Dempsey v. Star House Movers, Inc.

SCOTT, J., pro tem.

Plaintiffs, heirs at law of James P. Dempsey, brought this action for wrongful death of the latter which occurred when the automobile driven by him collided with a house being moved on the highway by defendants. From judgment of nonsuit plaintiffs have appealed.

At 2:30 A. M. on a dark night deceased was driving north on Broadway in Los Angeles County near One Hundred and Twenty-eighth Street. The paved road was 30 feet wide with dirt shoulders. Defendants were moving a house 28 feet 4 inches wide, going south. The house was pulled by a truck, the headlights of which were 36…