Baldarachi v. Leach
California Court of Appeal
APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County. Curtis D. Wilbur, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtSloane, J.
The plaintiff in this action, who is respondent on this appeal, is, so her counsel inform us by the opening paragraph of their brief, “a thrifty and industrious woman who hired out at washing and ironing and cleaning house, helping to support an invalid husband.” It is not improbable that this circumstance was instrumental in securing her a verdict for damages from being run into by defendant’s automobile. A dispassionate reading of the evidence, at any rate, leaves it doubtful if a preponderance of proof of negligence in behalf of plaintiff entitled her to the verdict. All of defendant’s…
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