Barker v. City of Los Angeles

From a judgment in favor of plaintiff after trial before a jury in an action to recover damages received in an automobile accident alleged to have been caused by the: (a) defective condition of a street of defendant municipality and (b) negligence of defendant Department of Water and Power in erecting and maintaining a service pole, defendants appeal.

The record discloses these facts:

The following is a photograph of the scene of the accident hereinafter described:

The above photograph depicts a portion of Exposition Boulevard in the city of Los Angeles looking westerly approximately a quarter…