Wilson v. Southern Pacific Railroad
California Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment against the defendant in the Superior Court of the County of San Benito, and from an order denying a motion for new trial. Breen, J. Action against the defendant as warehouseman for negligence. On the thirty-first day of October, 1875, the plaintiff owned and stored with the defendant, in its warehouse at Hollister, in the County of San Benito, sixty-four bales of wool, weighing in the aggregate twenty-two thousand two hundred and seventy-five pounds.
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Appeal from a judgment against the defendant in the Superior Court of the County of San Benito, and from an order denying a motion for new trial. Breen, J. Action against the defendant as warehouseman for negligence. On the thirty-first day of October, 1875, the plaintiff owned and stored with the defendant, in its warehouse at Hollister, in the County of San Benito, sixty-four bales of wool, weighing in the aggregate twenty-two thousand two hundred and seventy-five pounds. On January 5, 1876, the warehouse was consumed by fire and all the wool was burned, except three bales saved uninjured,…
1Opinion of the Court
McKee, J.:
The appeal in this case comes from a judgment and order denying the motion of appellant for a new trial in an action to recover damages for the destruction of certain property of the respondent, by a fire caused, as alleged, by the negligence of-the appellant and its employees in conducting and managing its warehouse in which the property had been stored.
The case was tried by the Court with a jury, and a verdict was rendered against the appellant. If there was any evidence to warrant the verdict we can not review it on appeal. It is conclusive upon us, not only on the question of…
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