Legal Opinion
Procter v. Southern California Railway Co.
California Supreme Court
Decided September 17, 1900No. L.A. No. 876PublishedCited by 4 opinions
APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County. M. T. Allen, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
GRAY, C.
The defendant appeals from a judgment in plaintiffs favor and from an order denying a new trial.
The action is to recover damages for an unlawful ejectment of plaintiff by defendant from one of its passenger trains at. Pasadena. The case was tried before the court without a jury, and plaintiff was awarded damages in the amount of five hundred and seventy-five dollars. The defendant admitted that its act in taking plaintiff’s ticket and ejecting her from the train was wrongful.
It appears that plaintiff, a colored woman, was traveling on a round trip ticket from Cincinnati, Ohio, and…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Sloane v. Southern California Railway Co.California Supreme Court · 1896
- Alexander v. Central Lumber & Mill Co.California Supreme Court · 1894
- Irish v. SunderhausCalifornia Supreme Court · 1898
- Schmitt v. Milwaukee Street Railway Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1895
3Cited by4 opinions
- Doolittle v. McConnellCalifornia Supreme Court · 1918
- Lindsay v. Oregon Short Line RailroadIdaho Supreme Court · 1907
- Holmes v. David H. Bricker, Inc.California Supreme Court · 1969
- Ingham v. Luxor Cab Co.California Court of Appeal · 2001