Pezzalia v. San Joaquin Light & Power Corp.

In an action for damages a jury awarded the plaintiff the sum of ten thousand dollars and from the judgment entered thereon the appeal has been taken. The nature of the action may be shown by the following allegations of the complaint:

“That on or about the 3d day of May, 1918, defendants owned, controlled, maintained and operated a certain high voltage electric power line, in the said county of Merced, situated on the east side of a certain county highway in said county which highway extends from the towns of Los Banos to Newman in said county. . . . That the defendants at all times herein…