CHARLES v. RICE

Docket No. 9586.

173 Cal.App.2d 599 (1959)

343 P.2d 760

JAMES D. CHARLES et al., Plaintiffs; RAMONA CHARLES et al., Respondents, v. JESSE L. RICE et al., Defendants; RICE BROTHERS (a Corporation), Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Third District.

September 10, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mento, Buchler & Littlefield for Appellant.

Ira M. Shadwell and Daniel S. Carlton for Respondents.


VAN DYKE, P.J.

This is an appeal from an order granting a new trial after a jury returned a verdict in favor of defendant Rice Brothers. The new trial was granted on the grounds of newly discovered evidence and error at law in the giving of an instruction on unavoidable accident.

Appellant is a corporation engaged in road building. At the time of the accident which gave rise to this action, it was doing road construction work on United States Highway 299,...

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