Gross v. Burnside

This is an appeal by the defendant from a judgment for the plaintiff in an action for damages for injuries alleged to have been sustained by the plaintiff as a result of her being run down by defendant’s automobile while it was driven by him. The case was tried by the court sitting without a jury.

The evidence shows that the accident occurred on the thirteenth day of November, 1919, at about 9 P. M., near the intersection of Sunset Boulevard and Echo Park Avenue, in the city of Los Angeles. The night was dark and the corner was poorly lighted by an arc-light. It had been raining and drizzling…