Markham v. Hancock Oil Co.

The appellant was injured in a collision between an automobile driven by him and a combination track and trailer owned by the respondent Alameda Oil Company and driven by the respondent Bunch, which occurred about 11 o’clock on the night of January 14, 1933. The respondent Bunch was driving the truck easterly on Foothill Boulevard, a state highway, which is divided and clearly marked into three traffic lanes. Intending to turn north on a side street and when 150 feet from the intersection, he put up a mechanical signal indicating a left-hand turn and pulled into the center lane. When he…