Jones v. Pacific Gas & Electric Co.

Plaintiff instituted this action to recover damages on account of personal injuries sustained when an automobile driven by the defendant Cottrell collided with a power pole belonging to and maintained by the defendant Pacific Gas and Electric Company. The defendant Cottrell suffered default, and upon trial judgment went in favor of the defendant Pacific Gas and Electric Company. From this judgment the plaintiff appeals.

The complaint alleges that on or about the thirteenth day of November, 1926, the plaintiff was riding as a guest in an automobile, in a northeasterly direction, on a certain…