Douglass v. City of Los Angeles

This is an appeal from a judgment in favor of the defendant City of Los Angeles in an action to recover damages for personal injuries suffered by the plaintiff when *126an automobile she was driving collided with an abutment of a bridge alleged to have been maintained in a dangerous and defective condition by the city on Adams Street.

At the trial the city interposed an objection to the introduction of any evidence on behalf - of the plaintiff, on the ground that it did not appear from the pleadings that a claim had been filed with the city council as a prerequisite to the maintenance of the…