Hildebrand v. Los Angeles Junction Railway Co.

There have been three trials of this case in which plaintiff is seeking to recover damages for injuries sustained when his motorcycle collided with a locomotive operated by defendant, Los Angeles Junction Railway Company. The first trial, in which the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company was joined as a defendant, resulted in a judgment of nonsuit; on appeal the judgment was affirmed as to Santa Fe and reversed as to Junction Railway. (Hildebrand v. Atchison, T. & S. F. Ry. Co., 44 Cal.2d 196 [281 P.2d 249].) The second trial resulted in a judgment for plaintiff, and on defendant’s…