Agnew v. Costa
California Supreme Court
Appeal from the District Court, Fourth Judicial District, City and County of San Francisco. Plaintiff offered no evidence upon the condition of the boilers. Plaintiff recovered judgment in the Court below for the value of the horse and interest on the amount, and defendant appealed. The other facts are stated in the opinion of the Court.
1Opinion of the Court
■By the Court, Shatter, J.
This action was brought to recover damages for the loss of a stallion, by means of the negligence of the defendant as a common carrier between the cities of San Francisco and Oakland.
The plaintiff- introduced evidence tending to • prove that on the 3d day of April, 1859, he embarked the stallion on the “ Contra Costa,” at San Francisco, to be carried for him to the City of Oakland. That the horse was put by the captain of the boat opposite the boiler in the place where horses were usually stationed. That the boiler of the steamer exploded on the passage, and that the…
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