Combs v. Los Angeles Railway Corp.

Combs sued to recover damages for personal injuries, and the appeal of the Los Angeles Railway Corporation attacks the judgment in his favor upon the ground that he was contributorily negligent as a matter of law. As in Satterlee v. Orange Glenn School District, ante p. 581 [177 P.2d 279], certain jury instructions are challenged upon the ground that they incorrectly state the law in regard to the effect of a plaintiff’s violation of a statute upon his cause of action for negligence.

The accident occurred when a streetcar operated by the railway company collided with an automobile operated by…