Béné v. La Grande Laundry Co.

Plaintiff appeals from a judgment entered in defendant’s favor pursuant to an order granting a non-suit in an action to recover damages for the alleged breach of an oral agreement which plaintiff claims was made on behalf of defendant to give her employment.

The essential facts shown by the evidence are as follows: On April 6, 1906, while working in respondent’s laundry in San Francisco, appellant’s right hand and arm were caught in a mangle, and crushed so badly that amputation of the arm was necessary. Upon recovering from the effects of the operation, and on July 24, 1906, she returned to…