Stockton Automobile Co. v. Confer
California Supreme Court
APPEAL from a judgment of tbe Superior Court of San Joaquin County and from an order refusing a new trial. Frank H. Smith, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtTienshaw, J.
This action was brought to recover damages for injury occasioned to an automobile belonging to plaintiff. While driven upon the streets of Stockton at night the machine struck a pile of bitumen upon the highway and was damaged. The board of public works having employed a contractor, John Craven, to build crosswalks of bitumen at the intersection of two of its streets, in the performance of this authorized work he had placed the pile struck by the automobile. The pile was about two feet eight inches in height, sloping toward its sides, and extending from the curb of the street a distance of…
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