Power v. California Street Cable Railroad

The defendant California Street Cable Company appeals from a judgment entered on verdict of a jury, in favor of the plaintiffs, M. J. and May Dickson Power, husband and wife, in an action to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by Mrs. Power while riding as a passenger on a cable car belonging to and operated by the defendant company.

The accident happened September 9, 1940, at the corner of Jones and O’Farrell Streets in San Francisco, wherein more than forty other passengers were injured. At the opening of the trial the company admitted liability for the accident; thus the sole…