Mitchell v. Southern California Gas Co.

Plaintiff, Lawrence G. Mitchell, was driving an automobile south on Grove Street, in San Bernardino County. Defendant, James Thomas Cartwright, was driving another automobile east on Merrill Street.

At the intersection of Grove and Merrill there was a boulevard stop, which it was plaintiff’s duty to observe and to obey. Merrill was a through street.

The intersection was in open farming country; but there were eucalyptus and walnut trees on plaintiff’s right-hand side, on the west side of Grove. These trees interfered somewhat with the vision of both drivers across the field, as they approached…