Greenleaf v. Briggs

Defendant and respondent Bakersfield and Kern Electric Railway Company is a public utility operating buses on the public streets of Bakersfield. Defendant and respondent William Briggs was the operator of the bus here involved. A bus stop sign, near plaintiff’s home, was located at a point between 227 and 229 South Chester Avenue, near the curb. The sidewalk at that point extended to the curb, which provided a flat level place to discharge passengers. Within a few feet from this sign a concrete driveway sloped to the street from the sidewalk at an angle of about 30 degrees.

On March 27, 1945,…