Legal Opinion
Carlton v. Pacific Coast Gasoline Co.
California Court of Appeal
Decided March 31, 1952No. Civ. 18655PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
VICKERS, J. pro tem.
Appeal by plaintiff from a judgment of nonsuit.
Plaintiff filed this action to recover damages for the wrongful death of her husband. On October 27, 1948, about 11 a. m., he was driving a truck and trailer loaded with oil well pipe. The vehicle left the road opposite a point where the defendant Kirk had parked his ear, entered a plowed field and came to a sudden stop, with the result that the pipe shifted forward into the cab of the truck and killed the decedent. Originally there were five defendants in the action but the only ones with which we are concerned in this appeal…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Smellie v. Southern Pacific Co.California Supreme Court · 1931
- Hoff v. Los Angeles Pacific Co.California Supreme Court · 1910
- Gerberich v. Southern California Edison Co.California Supreme Court · 1935
- Thomson v. BaylessCalifornia Supreme Court · 1944
- People v. HendersonCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1948
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Agnew v. ParksCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1959
- Bare v. Department of HighwaysIdaho Supreme Court · 1965
- Apodaca v. HaworthCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1962
- State Ex Rel. Burns v. KellyIdaho Supreme Court · 1965
- Hill v. RalphCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1953
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