Jones v. Schule

GLADNEY, Judge.

The plaintiff, Eva Mae Hickman Jones, brought this suit in her own behalf as widow of Harry Jones and in behalf of her two year old child, to recover damages occasioned by the death of her husband on January 9, 1954, when struck by an automobile driven by the defendant, Charles D. Schule. The case was tried before a jury and resulted in a verdict in favor of the defendant, hence this appeal.

The accident occurred after dark, about 8:00 o’clock, while it was misty and at or near the intersection of Hollywood and Hearne Avenues. Hearne, a thoroughfare only 15 feet in width, enters…