Andrews v. Runyon
California Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of Sacramento County, and from an order refusing a new trial. The defendants solicited and received subscriptions from-various interested parties to repair a break in a levee on the Sacramento Biver. The moneys obtained were placed in the hands of defendant Bunyon, and he made a verbal contract with Ah Long, a Chinaman, to rebuild the levee.
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Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of Sacramento County, and from an order refusing a new trial. The defendants solicited and received subscriptions from-various interested parties to repair a break in a levee on the Sacramento Biver. The moneys obtained were placed in the hands of defendant Bunyon, and he made a verbal contract with Ah Long, a Chinaman, to rebuild the levee. The Chinese contractor, in rebuilding the levee, dug up a portion of the public road, leaving an excavation from three to five feet in depth, and about ten feet in width, extending across the traveled way.…
1Opinion of the CourtThornton, J.
This action was instituted to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been occasioned by the negligence of defendants, and comes before this court on appeal of the parties last named from the judgment and order denying a new trial.
Many points are argued in the briefs of counsel, which we are called on to consider and determine.
As to the objections to the complaint, we are of opinion that they are not well taken.
It is urged that the plaintiff was a married woman wdio had deserted her husband, and therefore was not competent to sue alone. The court in its direction to the jury…
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