Mangler v. Pacific Electric Railway Co.

The actions herein were consolidated for trial, having arisen out of the same event, to wit, a collision between a truck and trailer driven by the plaintiff Mangier and owned by the plaintiff Devere, and a train owned and operated by the defendant, Pacific Electric Railway Company. Verdicts were returned in favor of the plaintiffs, and upon motions for new trial, the trial court set aside the verdicts and granted new trials.

In the language of appellants’ brief, “The issue on these appeals is limited to one question, namely, was the trial court justified in granting a new trial upon the sole…