Riley v. Davis

At Vine Street station in the city of Berkeley, while attempting at night on May 5, 1919, to board an electric train operated by appellant, plaintiff was seriously injured, and the appeal is from a judgment in his favor for the sum of forty-one thousand two hundred dollars. No objection is made to the sufficiency of the complaint, nor do we understand it to be seriously disputed that the evidence supports the verdict. However, that the peculiar feature of the case may be portrayed we quote the following from the testimony of plaintiff:

“We [referring to a Miss Paiva and himself] took the…