Williams v. Pacific Electric Railway Co.
California Supreme Court
The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. Frank Karr, R. C. Gortner, A. W. Ashburn, Jr., and W. R. Millar, for Appellant.
1Opinion of the CourtMelvin, J.
Plaintiff sued for and obtained a judgment against the corporation here appellant in the sum of twelve thousand five hundred dollars as damagesyfor personal injuries. The defendant appeals from the judgment and from an order denying its motion for a new trial.
Plaintiff was a laborer engaged in shoveling gravel from a car on a side-track connected with the main line of defendant’s railroad. Two other men were working with him in the car which was of the kind known as a “gondola,” being open at the top and having a floor sloping toward the sides in both directions from a central board which was…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Mitchell v. Southern Pacific RailroadCalifornia Supreme Court · 1890
3Cited by6 opinions
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- Christy v. UlrichCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1931
- Bartuluci v. San Joaquin Light & Power Corp.California Court of Appeal · 1937
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