Hamblin v. Schultis

This is an appeal by the defendant from a judgment against him for fifteen hundred dollars. The action was one to recover damages for personal injury alleged to have been caused by the negligent operation by defendant of his automobile in the city of Oakland, California. The only point urged upon the appeal is that the trial court erred in instructing the jury upon the doctrine of last clear chance. No contention is made that the instruction given on this subject was not a correct statement of law, but the appellant urges that the record does not disclose a state of facts to which this…