Sellars v. Southern Pacific Co.
California Court of Appeal
APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Kern County, and from an order denying a new trial. J. W. Mahon, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtBurnett, J.
The action is for damages caused by the negligent failure of the Railroad Company to provide safe and proper means of ingress and egress to and from the train on which plaintiff was a passenger, and the Southern Pacific Company is really the only defendant in interest. The plaintiff, who was a somewhat elderly lady of over sixty, bought a ticket from Los Angeles to Exeter, Tulare County, over the railway operated by said company. The train arrived at Bakersfield, an intermediate point and eating-station, at about 6 o’clock the following morning. An announcement for breakfast had been made by…
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