Union Transportation Co. v. Sacramento County

A bridge located near the boundary line between the counties of El Dorado and Sacramento collapsed when a truck owned by Union Transportation Company, a corporation, was driven over it. The truck was loaded with cattle belonging to George and Ray Smith, doing business as copartners under the name of Smith Brothers. The trucking company and the cattle owners jointly sued both counties under the Public Liability Act of 1923 (Stats. 1923, p. 675; Gov. Code, §§ 53050-53056).

The appeal from a judgment which followed an order granting the counties’ motions for a nonsuit presents the question, as to…