Whitmeyer v. Southern Pacific Co.

About 8 o’clock in the evening an automobile in which respondent was riding stalled close to and almost parallel with the track of the appellant company, on a public street in the city of Alameda; and while respondent was stooped in front of the machine endeavoring to start the same by cranking the engine one of appellant’s interurban electric cars ran into the rear end of the automobile, shoving it upon respondent and severely injuring him. As a result of the accident respondent commenced this action to recover damages for the personal injuries suffered by him, and upon trial before the…