Anheuser-Busch, Inc. v. Starley

28 Cal.2d 347 (1946)

ANHEUSER-BUSCH, INC. (a Corporation), Appellant,

v.

MAUD M. STARLEY, Respondent.

L. A. No. 19479.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

June 18, 1946.

Elbert E. Hensley and John H. Klenke for Appellant.

Sigurd E. Murphy, George Finucane and Francis D. Thornton for Respondent.

CARTER, J.

Plaintiff appeals from a judgment for defendant entered on a directed verdict.

Denver-Chicago Trucking Company, hereinafter referred to as carrier, was engaged as a common carrier, in the transportation by truck of personal property owned by plaintiff. In the course thereof defendant's car collided…