Burroughs v. Ben's Auto Park, Inc.

Plaintiff was injured at night when he fell into an areaway adjacent to a parking lot where he had left his automobile. He sued the lessee and operator of the park, Ben Sirota and Ben’s Auto Park; the owner and lessor of the parking lot, Pacific Electric Railway Company; and the owners of the adjoining property on which the areaway was situated, Bessie E. Peery and J. J. Peery. The trial resulted in a verdict in favor of the Pacific Electric Railway Company and against the other defendants. Ben Sirota and Ben’s Auto Park have not appealed from the judgment entered against them. A new trial…