Austin v. Newton

This action was brought to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained by plaintiff while riding on a motorcycle, driven by his son, on Citrus Avenue, near the town of Covina, in Los Angeles County. Plaintiff recovered judgment. Defendant appeals, contending that plaintiff’s version of the accident, as described by himself and his witnesses, is so irreconcilable with the admitted physical facts that it is inherently impossible that plaintiff could have been injured in the manner that he and his witnesses described.

Citrus Avenue runs northerly and southerly. It is…