Harrison v. Sutter Street Railway
California Supreme Court
Appeal from an order of the Superior Court of the City and County of San Francisco granting a new trial. A. A. Sanderson, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtVan Fleet, J.
Plaintiff had verdict and judgment against defendants for eight thousand dollars, as damages suffered by the heirs of his intestate through the death of the latter, resulting from injuries received in a collision between a car of the railroad company, on which he was a passenger, and a wagon of the brewing company, occasioned by the negligence of the defendants.
The court below granted defendants a new trial, on the ground that the verdict was excessive; and the plaintiff appeals from such order, urging that it was wholly unwarranted under the evidence, and was an abuse of discretion on the…
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