Legal Opinion
Elder v. Rose
California Court of Appeal
Decided August 27, 1923No. Civ. No. 2633PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THE COURT.
The following opinion, prepared by the late Justice Burnett a few days before his death, is adopted as the opinion of the court.
"The action was for damages for the loss of an arm alleged to have been caused by the negligence of defendants. The appeal is from a judgment of nonsuit granted at the close of plaintiff’s case. Plaintiff, a minor of the age of nearly eighteen years, went to work as tractor engine swamper and plow tender for defendant on November 5, 1920. The tractor engine was a 75 h. p. Best caterpillar, track laying type, and the plow it drew was a gangplow. At the time…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Cole v. German Savings & Loan Soc.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1903
- Buckley v. Gutta Percha & Rubber Manufacturing Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1889
- Hansen v. Seattle Lumber Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1903
- Brown v. Sharp-Hauser Contracting Co.California Supreme Court · 1910
- Bush v. Weed Lumber Co.California Court of Appeal · 1921
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Stockwell v. Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior UniversityCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1944
- Wells v. Lloyd IVCalifornia Supreme Court · 1936
- Robinet v. HawksCalifornia Supreme Court · 1927
- Miller v. CooksonCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1928
- Wells v. LloydCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1939