PEERLESS LAUNDRY SERV., LTD. v. CITY OF L.A.

Docket No. 18645.

109 Cal.App.2d 703 (1952)

241 P.2d 269

PEERLESS LAUNDRY SERVICES, LTD. (a Corporation), Respondent, v. CITY OF LOS ANGELES, Appellant.

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

March 13, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ray L. Chesebro, City Attorney, Bourke Jones, Assistant City Attorney, and Edwin F. Shinn, Deputy City Attorney, for Appellant.

Schofield, Hanson & Jenkins and Wendell H. Davis for Respondent.


MOORE, P.J.

Defendant appeals from a judgment in the sum of $5,500 entered upon a verdict in favor of plaintiff for injury to property which occurred when a city fire truck crashed into plaintiff's building. The damage resulted when the vehicle's driver was responding to an emergency call.

The uncontradicted evidence establishes that the fire truck, a "pumper," proceeded south on Main Street at a maximum speed of 40 to 50 miles per hour; the driver applied...

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