PALMQUIST v. MERCER

Docket No. L.A. 22604.

43 Cal.2d 92 (1954)

272 P.2d 26

RICHARD L. PALMQUIST, Appellant, v. H.W. MERCER et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

June 25, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fred N. Howser, Russell H. Pray and Eric A. Rose for Appellant.

Parker, Stanbury, Reese & McGee and Richard E. Reese for Respondent Mercer.

Ball, Hunt & Hart, and Clarence S. Hunt for Respondent Union Oil Company.

Moss, Lyon & Dunn, Sidney A. Moss and Henry F. Walker for Respondent Tide Water Associated Oil Company.


SPENCE, J.

Plaintiff sought damages for personal injuries sustained by him while riding a horse which he had rented from a riding academy. At the close of plaintiff's case, the court granted defendants' motions for nonsuit, and plaintiff appeals from the judgment subsequently entered. Upon consideration of the record, we have concluded that plaintiff's evidence was sufficient to require submission of the case to the jury as to defendant Mercer, who was the owner of...

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