Funari v. Gravem-Inglis Baking Co.

HAWKINS, J., pro tem.

Appellant appeals from a judgment non obstante veredicto, following a jury’s verdict awarding damages for personal injuries to appellant.

The essential facts are:

Appellant and one Nelson were employees of Overland Transfer Company. On the day appellant was injured they received orders from their employers to deliver a truck load of sugar to the plant of respondent at Stockton. They loaded the truck with about one hundred sacks of sugar, proceeded to said plant and backed the truck up to the curb, opposite the door to the freight elevator which was the receiving entrance.

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