UNION TRANSP. CO. v. SACRAMENTO COUNTY

Docket No. Sac. 6419.

42 Cal.2d 235 (1954)

267 P.2d 10

UNION TRANSPORTATION COMPANY (a Corporation) et al., Appellants, v. SACRAMENTO COUNTY et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

February 19, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Horace E. Dunning for Appellants.

Gerald M. Desmond and Jerome M. McLaughlin for Respondent Sacramento County.

Johnson, Davies & Greve and Claire H. Greve for Respondent El Dorado County.


EDMONDS, J.

A bridge located near the boundary line between the counties of El Dorado and Sacramento collapsed when a truck owned by Union Transportation Company, a corporation, was driven over it. The truck was loaded with cattle belonging to George and Ray Smith, doing business as copartners under the name of Smith Brothers. The trucking company and the cattle owners jointly sued both counties under the Public Liability...

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