Rignell v. Font

THOMPSON (R. L.), J., pro tem.

This is an appeal from a judgment of $3,500 which was awarded the respondent as compensation for injuries sustained as a result of having been struck by appellants’ automobile while he was engaged in attempting to cross the Embarcadero at San Francisco.

The appellants urge a reversal of the judgment on the grounds that (1) the evidence affirmatively discloses the presence of contributory negligence on the part of respondent, and that (2) the trial judge erred in sustaining an objection to appellants reading in evidence a written statement of the circumstances of…