Sappenfield v. Main Street & Agricultural Park Railroad
California Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, and from an order denying a new trial. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtHarrison, J.
The defendant is the proprietor of a street-railroad in the city of Los Angeles, and the plaintiff was employed by it as a driver upon one of its cars. On the 22d of November, 1888, while engaged in the service of the defendant, the plaintiff was driving a horse called “ Dan,” which was hitched to car No. 4 of the defendant’s line of street-cars, and while driving along Main Street, near Tenth, the horse became detached from the ear, and dragged the plaintiff over the dash-board, throwing him upon the track, where he was run over by the car and received serious injury, necessitating the…
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