Murphy v. Southern Pacific Co.
Nevada Supreme Court
Appeal from the District Court of the Second Judicial District of the State of Nevada, Washoe County; John S. Orr, Judge. Action by James Murphy against the Southern Pacific Company. From a judgment for plaintiff, and from an order denying a new trial, defendant appeals. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Sweeney, J.:
This is an action instituted by plaintiff to recover $10,000 damages, $155 hospital and medical expenses, and $1.50 for surgical apparatus, claimed to be due plaintiff for certain injuries sustained while a passenger on one of defendant’s trains on a railroad operated by defendant, December 22, 1906, at a place called Harney, in the County of Eureka, State of Nevada.
It appears undisputed from the evidence that plaintiff was a passenger upon defendant’s train, being provided with a ticket, and that he received an injury as the result of a wreck on said line of road,…
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