Legal Opinion

Morgan v. Southern Pac. Co.

California Supreme Court

Decided August 5, 1892No. 14842PublishedCited by 47 opinions

Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of Kern County, and from an order denying a new trial. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.

1Opinion of the CourtMcFarland, J.

The parties to this action are the same as in Morgan v. Southern Pacific Company, ante, p. 501, this day decided, in which plaintiff recovered a judgment for fifteen thousand dollars for alleged personal injuries received by being thrown from the steps of defendant’s car, which judgment was by this court affirmed. When she fell from the steps of the car she had in her arms her infant daughter, aged about two years; nine days afterwards the child died from an attack of pneumonia; and plaintiff brought this present action to recover damages for the death of said child, upon the theory that the…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Hyatt v. AdamsMichigan Supreme Court · 1867
  2. City of Chicago v. MajorIllinois Supreme Court · 1857
  3. Munro v. Pacific Coast Dredging & Reclamation Co.California Supreme Court · 1890
  4. March v. WalkerTexas Supreme Court · 1877
  5. Beeson v. Green Mountain Gold Mining Co.California Supreme Court · 1880

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3Cited by47 opinions

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  2. Bond v. United R.R. of S.F.California Supreme Court · 1911
  3. Harrison v. Sutter Street RailwayCalifornia Supreme Court · 1897
  4. Central of Georgia Railway Co. v. WhiteSupreme Court of Alabama · 1911
  5. Fox v. Oakland Consolidated Street RailwayCalifornia Supreme Court · 1897

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