New York Lubricating Oil Co. v. United Railroads of San Francisco

The plaintiff in this action recovered judgment against the defendant for damages to its auto-truck resulting from a collision between the truck, operated by an agent of the .plaintiff, and a suburban electric car which was operated by the defendant upon a private right of way running parallel with Sloat Boulevard, in the city and county of San Francisco. The case was tried without a jury. The defense of the defendant rested in part upon the plea of contributory negligence. The trial court found, among other things, that the defendant was guilty of negligence which proximately contributed to…