Comer v. Los Angeles Railway Corp.

Respondent, while driving an automobile on one of the streets in Los Angeles, collided with a broken trolley wire of the appellant company, sustaining injuries to himself and damage to his automobile. Thereupon he brought this action for damages and upon trial before a jury was awarded a verdict, but the judgment entered thereon was reversed on appeal because of erroneous instructions. (Comer v. Los Angeles Ry. Corp., 66 Cal. App. 219 [225 Pac. 869].) The action was then tried before the court sitting without a jury, and judgment was again rendered in respondent’s favor and the company again…