Brown v. Sennett
California Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of the city and county of San Francisco, and from an order refusing a new trial. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtMcKee, J.
— The plaintiffs in the action in hand are the widow and children of John Brown, deceased, and they sue the defendant to recover damages for the commission of a wrongful act, or negligence, by him, which it is alleged caused the death of the deceased.
The case was tried by the court without a jury. At the conclusion of the evidence given for the plaintiffs, *227there was a motion made for a nonsuit, which was granted; and afterward a motion for a new trial, made on a statement of the case, was denied; and from the judgment of nonsuit and the order denying the motion the plaintiffs have appealed.
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