Polk v. City of Los Angeles

Plaintiff recovered a judgment for damages against defendants for personal injuries suffered .by him as the result of a fall from a tree alleged to have been caused by the negligence of defendants in maintaining an electric power line in a dangerous condition through said tree.

Rancho Street in defendant city of Los Angeles is an east-west street which at the place involved carried little traffic. Norman Levin owns a parcel of property on the north side of the street. There are growing along the south line of his property parallel to and near the street, six eucalyptus trees and one oak tree.…