WOODHOUSE v. PACIFIC ELEC. RY. CO.

Docket No. 18788.

112 Cal.App.2d 22 (1952)

245 P.2d 701

STRATFORD WOODHOUSE, Respondent, v. PACIFIC ELECTRIC RAILWAY COMPANY (a Corporation) et al., Appellants.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Three.

June 25, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C.W. Cornell, Oscar O. Collins and Randolph Karr for Appellants.

Lasher B. Gallagher, Henry E. Kappler and Sampson & Dryden for Respondent.


VALLEE, J.

Plaintiff, shortly after he attained the age of 21, brought this action for damages for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained as a result of the negligence of defendants on September 29, 1938, when he was 14 years of age. In their answer, among other defenses, defendants pleaded two pleas in bar; (1) that on July 7, 1939, on petition of plaintiff's father, the Superior Court of Los Angeles County by written order approved a compromise of plaintiff...

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