Hughes v. Pacific Electric Railway Co.

This is an action for the recovery of damages for personal injuries suffered by a child under five years of age, who sues by her guardian ad litem. Under stipulation the cause was tried together with an action for damages for the death of one Kate Johnston, an adult who lost her life in the same accident in which plaintiff in this cause was injured. The trial was by a jury. In their main circumstances the two causes of action were intimately related, as the plaintiff child was being led by the hand by the decedent when the accident occurred. The trial judge instructed the jury to render…