Nichols v. Pacific Electric Ry. Co.

Defendants appeal from a judgment rendered in favor of the plaintiff for damages received by her in a collision between an electric railway car operated by the defendant Railway Company and an automobile operated by the defendant Negley,’ in which plaintiff was riding as a guest. Defendant Railway Company relies upon the defense of contributory negligence, it being claimed that the plaintiff was negligent in riding in the automobile of defendant Negley while it was being driven at a dangerous speed, without herself taking any precautions to ascertain whether or not the car of the defendant…