Legal Opinion

Foley v. California Horseshoe Co.

California Supreme Court

Decided December 3, 1896No. S. F. No. 349PublishedCited by 38 opinions

Appeal from a judgment of'the Superior Court of the City and County of San Francisco and from an order denying a new trial, and from an order denying a motion to vacate said judgment and taxing costs. A. A. Sanderson, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.

1Opinion of the CourtHenshaw, J.

This is an action for damages for personal injuries by a minor against his employer. Plaintiff recovered a judgment under the verdict of the jury, and defendant appeals from the judgment and from the order denying his motion for a new trial. He also appeals from the order taxing costs, and denying his motion to vacate the judgment.

Plaintiff, at the time of the accident, was fourteen years and four months old. He had been working in the shop of the defendant for fourteen months; and for four months immediately preceding the accident he had been engaged in punching horseshoes with a punching…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Turner v. Norfolk & W. R.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1895
  2. Childs v. LantermanCalifornia Supreme Court · 1894
  3. In re Estate of CahillCalifornia Supreme Court · 1887
  4. Mullin v. California Horseshoe Co.California Supreme Court · 1894
  5. Fairbanks v. LampkinCalifornia Supreme Court · 1893

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3Cited by38 opinions

  1. City of Los Angeles v. AbbottCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1933
  2. Cahill v. E. B. & A. L. Stone Co.California Supreme Court · 1914
  3. Johnston v. Southern Pacific Co.California Supreme Court · 1907
  4. Cahill v. E. B. & A. L. Stone & Co.California Supreme Court · 1908
  5. Clark v. Tulare Lake Dredging Co.California Court of Appeal · 1910

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