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Show PEDESTRIAN HAS RIGHTS ON THE HIGHWAY Sacramento, March 24 The olQ English common law, written hundreds hun-dreds of years ago, for the protection protec-tion of pedestrians on the highways, is in force today in California the Third District Court of Appeals ruled rul-ed today. Undter the ruling motorists on the highway are guilty of negligence if a pedestrian is struck by a machine. Pedestrians, the court said, in writing writ-ing his opinion, have every right to walk in the road and oan collect dam ages if injured. Charges cannot be made against the pedestrian for carelessness. care-lessness. The court laid down Its ruling In an action brought before it on appeal ap-peal from Madera county by D. De-voohio, De-voohio, who wasi hit from behind by a truck owned by Picketts and Barr, a Madera business firm. Divoohio "was struck by a trucn while walking down a road. The Madera Ma-dera county court ruled that he was careless in allowing the truck to overtake him. The appellate court ruled that he had equal rights on the road and that the driver of the truck was at fault for failure to see the pedestrian. |