Parsell v. San Diego Consolidated Gas & Electric Co.

This is an action for personal injuries. A jury having brought in a verdict in favor of the plaintiff, the defendant moved for a judgment notwithstanding the verdict, the motion being in the alternative form permitted by section 629, Code of Civil Procedure, and the right to ask for a new trial in the event of the denial of the motion being reserved. The motion was granted and the plaintiffs have appealed from the judgment then entered.

The accident happened in a paved alley in the City of San Diego, the northern end of which runs into University Avenue. In installing certain gas service for a…