Sherman v. Southern Pacific Co.
Nevada Supreme Court
Appeal from the District Court of the Second Judicial District of the State of Nevada, Washoe County; John S. Orr, Judge. C. E. Sherman was awarded damages against the Southern Pacific Company, and from an order allowing defendant additional time in which to file a motion for new trial, plaintiff appeals. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Sweeney, J.:
In a suit instituted in the District Court of Washoe' County, State of Nevada, C. E. Sherman recovered a verdict of $15,000, on March 9, 1908, against the Southern Pacific Company, for personal injuries alleged to have been received by plaintiff while a passenger upon one of defendant’s trains. Due to the inability of the stenographic reporter to transcribe the testimony within the time allowed by statute, plaintiff’s attorneys at various times stipulated with defendant’s attorneys to extend defendant’s time within which to serve and file its notice of intention to…
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