Valley Lumber Co. v. Davis

This appeal originally taken to the Supreme 'Court from a judgment of the Superior Court of Imperial County in favor of the defendant, has been transferred to this court for decision.

The action was brought by the plaintiff, Valley Lumber Company, to recover damages for the destruction of a Ford automobile valued at six hundred dollars, through a collision with a train of the Southern Pacific Company, while said railroad company was being operated under the control of the government of the United States.

The federal control of this railroad was terminated by act of Congress on March 1, 1920,…