Davis v. Renton

The plaintiff commenced an action against the defendant to recover a judgment for damages arising out of a collision with an automobile. The defendant answered and a trial was had in the trial court before the court sitting with a jury. The jury returned a verdict in favor of the plaintiff for the sum of five- thousand dollars; the defendant made a motion for a new trial; the motion was denied and she has appealed from the judgment based on the verdict under section 953a of the Code of Civil Procedure.

The accident occurred in Oakland on the twenty-ninth day of September, 1927. The plaintiff…