Amendt v. Pacific Electric Railway Co.

Plaintiff appeals from a judgment entered after a nonsuit had been granted on defendant’s motion. The action was to recover for personal injuries suffered when plaintiff was struck by one of defendant’s streetcars in the city of Los Angeles.

On the occasion in question, plaintiff while proceeding easterly on the north sidewalk of Santa Monica Boulevard approached its right angle crossing with Fairfax Avenue. That is a busy intersection, consisting not only of heavy flows of automotive traffic on both streets but also of two streetcar tracks of defendant on the boulevard upon which travel…