Kirk v. J. S. Kimball Co.

This action was instituted by plaintiff to recover the sum of ten thousand dollars for damages alleged to have been sustained by him through the failure of the de fendant, a common carrier of passengers, to transport Mm from San Francisco to the city of Dawson, Alaska. The case was tried before a jury, which rendered a verdict in favor of the plaintiff for the sum of six thousand dollars. Upon motion for a new trial the amount of the verdict was reduced by the court to two thousand seven hundred and thirty dollars, wMch reduction was accepted by the plaintiff and a new trial denied. Judgment…