Wilson v. City & County of San Francisco

In an action for wrongful death plaintiffs, surviving husband and daughter of the decedent Leah Wilson, appeal from a judgment for defendant entered following a jury’s verdict. Decedent, a resident of New York, was riding on the outside seat of a cable ear operated by defendant. As the car was rounding the curve from Washington Street to Powell Street decedent fell to the street and was killed. The evidence was in conflict as to the speed of the car and as to whether the passengers were warned by the operator of the ear to hold on while it was rounding the curve.

Appellants argue that there…