TODD v. SOUTHERN PAC. CO.

Docket No. 18719.

184 Cal.App.2d 376 (1960)

7 Cal. Rptr. 448

JACKSON TODD, Appellant, v. SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY (a Corporation) et al., Respondents.

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

September 6, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold L. Strom and Pelton, Gunther, Durney and Gudmundson for Appellant.

Bledsoe, Smith, Cathcart, Johnson & Phelps and Robert A. Seligson for Respondents.


DUNIWAY, J.

This is another of the many cases that have come before the appellate courts in which an unsuccessful plaintiff, injured in a collision of moving vehicles at an intersection, claims error in refusing to instruct the jury upon the doctrine of last clear chance. Counsel asserts "that the evidence in this case virtually cries out for the application of the last clear chance doctrine." Our examination of the record,

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