Conness v. McCarty

Plaintiffs appeal from a judgment for defendant in an action for wrongful death. Plaintiffs are the widow and infant daughter of William S. Conness, Jr., who died of injuries received when he was struck by defendant’s automobile while walking on a public road in the county of Los Angeles known as the Culver Boulevard on the morning of November 1, 1928, at about 12:10 A. M. The case is before this court upon transfer from the District Court of Appeal. We granted defendant's petition for transfer to this court after decision by the appellate court reversing the judgment in his favor, for the…