De Ponce v. System Freight Service

This isan appeal from a judgment in favor of Maria M. De Ponce for damages resulting from the death of her son, Rudolph M. Suarez, and a judgment in favor of Cipriano M. Rodriguez for damages to his truck and its load. The cases were consolidated for trial and on appeal.

Appellant presents but one ground for a reversal of the judgment: refusal to give an instruction requested by it, which, after quoting subdivision “a” of section 525 of the Vehicle Code, continued as follows:

“Should you find from all the evidence in this ease that Rudolph Suarez at the time or immediately prior to the…