Collins v. California Street Cable R.R. Co.

Plaintiff sued for damages for personal injuries caused by his being struck by a cable car operated by the defendant. The cause was tried before a jury and resulted in a verdict for the plaintiff in the sum of $3,335. From the judgment following the verdict the defendant has appealed upon a bill of exceptions.

Testimony of the eye-witnesses to the accident is somewhat conflicting, but the verdict of the jury having favored the plaintiff it is necessary on this appeal to take the facts as they appear in the testimony most favorable to him. Pursuing this course we find the plaintiff, a man of…