Legal Opinion

Turner v. North Beach & Mission Railroad

California Supreme Court

Decided July 1, 1868PublishedCited by 3 opinions

Appeal from the District Court, Twelfth Judicial District, City and County of San Francisco. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Court,

1Opinion of the Court

By the Court, Crockett, J. :

The plaintiff sues the defendant, a corporation owning a street railroad in San Francisco, to recover damages for having been ejected from one of the passenger cars of the defendant. The complaint avers that the defendant is a common carrier of passengers along certain streets of the city; that the plaintiff went upon one of the cars of defendant for the purpose of being transported along said route, and became a passenger thereon, being ready and willing to pay the proper fare; and that immediately after entering the car, “ the said defendant, without any lawful…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Wright v. J. & S. WilcoxNew York Supreme Court · 1838

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. McInerney v. United Railroads of San FranciscoCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1920
  2. Wade v. ThayerCalifornia Supreme Court · 1871
  3. Texas N. O. R. Co. v. O'ConnorCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1918

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