Drouillard v. Southern Pacific Co.
California Court of Appeal
APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Butte County, and from an order denying a new trial. H. D. Gregory, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtBurnett, J.
This action was for damages for the death of Edward Drouillard, a minor, and the verdict of the jury was for the plaintiff in the sum of seven thousand dollars. The accident occurred at a grade crossing just outside the town of Durham while the deceased was in the employ of one Thomas Pimple, the former riding on the back seat of an automobile driven by the latter. The machine was struck by a detached locomotive in charge of and being driven by the defendant McKnight while on his way from Chico to Rose-ville. Pimple and young Drouillard were the only occupants of the machine, and they were…
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