Wallis v. Southern Pacific Co.
California Supreme Court
The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. A. A. Moore, Stanley Moore and Geo. K. Ford for Appellant.
1Opinion of the CourtSloane, J.
This is an appeal from a judgment in favor of the plaintiffs, heirs of Thomas Henry Wallis, in an action to recover damages for the latter’s death, caused from his being run into by an engine of one of defendant’s trains.
The accident occurred on the evening of October 16, 1909, at the intersection of Oak Street and First Street, in the city of Oakland. The deceased was driving a lumber wagon, drawn by two horses, southerly on Oak Street. The train was approaching from the east on the tracks of defendant company on First Street. There was no load or bed on the wagon and decedent was seated on…
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