Thompson v. Los Angeles & San Diego Beach Railway Co.
California Supreme Court
APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of San Diego County and from an order refusing a new trial. T. L. Lewis, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtSloss, J.
In this action brought to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained through the negligence of the defendant, a verdict for three thousand dollars was returned in favor of plaintiff. The defendant appeals from the ensuing judgment and from an order denying its motion for a new trial.
The defendant owns and operates a line of railway from the center of the more densely populated part of the city of San Diego to La Jolla, a distance of some fourteen miles. The entire line is within the city limits of San Diego. About four miles from the starting point a wagon-road…
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