Cunningham v. Los Angeles Railway Co.
California Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County and from an order denying a new trial. Lucien Shaw, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtVan Fleet, J.
Plaintiff, an infant of eighteen months, escaped from the premises of its parents into the public street, and went upon the track of defendant’s electric railway, running thereon, and was knocked down and injured by one of its cars. He brought this action to recover damages for the injury, alleging negligence by defendant in running over him. From a judgment in his favor, and an order denying defendant’s motion for a new trial, the latter appeals.
The jury were instructed that, in determining whether the defendant was negligent in not stopping its car so *564as to avoid the injury, they had the…
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