Kramer v. San Francisco Market Street Railroad

By the Court, Sanderson, C. J.

This action is brought to recover damages for the death of the plaintiffs son, a child of the age of five years and ten months, caused, as is alleged in the complaint, by the carelessness, negligence, and unskilful management of the defendant. The child, as appears from the complaint, was run over by a railroad car belonging to the defendant, and thereby instantly killed. The defendant demurred to the complaint. The demurrer was sustained by the Court below, and final judgment rendered thereon, from which the plaintiff appeals.

That a civil action for the death of…