SYKES v. CITY OF LOS ANGELES

Docket No. 18595.

110 Cal.App.2d 57 (1952)

241 P.2d 1004

CLARA SYKES, Respondent, v. CITY OF LOS ANGELES, Appellant.

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

March 26, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ray L. Chesebro, City Attorney, Bourke Jones, Assistant City Attorney, Joseph N. Owen and W.L. Weber, Deputy City Attorneys, for Appellant.

Obegi & High and Jess F. High for Respondent.


WHITE, P.J.

This appeal is prosecuted by the city of Los Angeles from a judgment against it entered upon the verdict of a jury in an action for damages for personal injuries sustained by plaintiff as the result of a fall on a defective public sidewalk. Appellant city contends that the evidence shows without conflict that plaintiff was guilty of contributory negligence; that the sole proximate cause of her injuries was plaintiff's negligence; that plaintiff had knowledge...

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