HUNTLEY v. COUNTY OF SANTA CLARA

Docket No. 17904.

168 Cal.App.2d 298 (1959)

335 P.2d 722

BETTY MAE HUNTLEY et al., Respondents, v. COUNTY OF SANTA CLARA et al., Defendants; CENTRAL FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY et al., Appellants.

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

March 2, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hoge, Fenton, Jones & Appel, Edwin D. Jones, Jr., and Joan Symon for Appellants.

Boccardo, Blum, Lull, Niland & Teerlink and Edward J. Niland for Respondents.


DRAPER, J.

Jury verdict in this wrongful death action was for defendants. Plaintiffs' motion for new trial was granted upon the ground of insufficiency of the evidence to justify the verdict. (Code Civ. Proc., § 657, subd. 6.) Defendants appeal from this order.

Decedent, husband and father of plaintiffs, died as the result of collision of his pickup truck with a fire truck of defendant district. The accident occurred a few minutes before 6 p.m.

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