Mayer v. Anderson
California Court of Appeal
APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of the City and County of San Francisco. George A. Sturtevant, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtKerrigan, J.
This is an action for damages for personal injuries alleged to have been caused by the defendants’ negligence.
The court at the conclusion of the plaintiff’s case denied a motion for nonsuit, but the motion being renewed when the defendants had concluded the introduction of their testimony, it was thereupon granted. The propriety of the court’s action in this regard is the sole question presented for review.
In considering this same question the court, in the case of Lassen v. Southern Pacific Co., 173 Cal. 71, 74, [159 Pac. 143, 144], stated the rule to be applied as follows: “In deciding a…
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