Leek v. Western Union Telegraph Co.

This appeal is from a judgment in favor of plaintiff after trial before a jury. There is also a purported appeal from the order denying defendant’s motion for a new trial.

Viewing the evidence most favorable to plaintiff, the facts in the instant ease are:

On May 21, 1936, the traffic at the intersection of Fourth Street and Pine Avenue in the city of Long Beach, California, was controlled by semaphores erected on each corner thereof, which operated in the following manner: Each semaphore consisted of arms appearing and disappearing, on which the words “stop” and “go” were painted respectively.…