Lee v. S. Pac. R.R. Co.
California Supreme Court
Appeal from an order of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County granting a new trial. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
The Court.
Action to recover damages for personal injuries. The plaintiff had judgment, and now appeals from an .order granting defendant’s motion for a new trial.
In the latter part of July, 1888, plaintiff was employed by defendant as a brakeman on a freight train, and continued in that service until November 13, 1888, when he sustained the injury complained of. At the time of the accident he was about twenty-three years of age, *119had from childhood been in good health, and prior to his employment by defendant had no experience in railroad service.
The additional facts disclosed by the record,…
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