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GREEN v. KEY SYSTEM TRANSIT LINES

Docket No. 15352.

116 Cal.App.2d 512 (1953)

253 P.2d 780

CHESTER A. GREEN, JR., Respondent, v. KEY SYSTEM TRANSIT LINES (a Corporation) et al., Appellants.

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

March 5, 1953.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donahue, Richards, Rowell & Gallagher and George E. Thomas for Appellants.

Ricksen, Freeman & Johnson, Kennedy Jackson and Stanley C. Smallwood for Respondent.

BRAY, J.

From a judgment on a jury verdict awarding plaintiff $32,500 for injuries received in a railroad crossing accident, defendants appeal.

QUESTION PRESENTED

Was plaintiff guilty of contributory negligence as a matter of law? The answer depends, in turn, upon the obligation of a vehicle driver approaching a railroad crossing at a blind street intersection.

FACTS

It is conceded that the evidence supports the jury's implied finding...

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