De Greek v. Freeman

The respondent Wilhelmina De Greek was struck and injured by an automobile driven by the appellant Walter Odus Freeman, aged about seventeen years, while respondent was attempting to board a street-ear on San Pablo Avenue near the boundary line between the counties of Alameda and Contra Costa; and as a result of her injuries, she brought this action for damages, and at the trial was awarded a verdict. From the judgment entered thereon this appeal was taken, the single ground urged for reversal being the giving of the following instruction: “A driver of a motor vehicle is in charge of a…