Woodhead v. Wilkinson
California Supreme Court
APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County. Lewis R. Works, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtMelvin, J.
Plaintiff sued for damages for personal injuries, charging defendant with negligently driving an automobile over her.
The action was tried by the court without a jury. Judgment was for damages in the sum of one thousand five hundred dollars.
The facts as found were substantially as follows:
On the evening of November 14, 1915, plaintiff had been driving her motor car on the state highway near Ontario, in the county of San Bernardino. Her attention and the notice of her guests in the automobile, had been attracted by the shouts and actions of the defendant, who was in a car that had stopped at…
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