Legal Opinion

Monaghan v. Pacific Rolling Mill Co.

California Supreme Court

Decided November 9, 1889No. 12513PublishedCited by 25 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. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.

1Opinion of the CourtMcFarland, J.

This is an action to recover damages for a personal injury. The verdict and judgment were for plaintiff, and defendant appeals from the judgment and from an order denying a new trial.

*192The main facts of the case are these: The defendant was engaged in the business of rolling railroad iron, and used certain works, machinery, and apparatus for that purpose. Among other things so used was an iron rod about an inch thick and fourteen feet long, with a hook at each end, by which it was attached at each end to a chain, the whole hanging suspended from a beam in the building. The only means of…

2Cited by25 opinions

  1. Zibbell v. Southern Pacific Co.California Supreme Court · 1911
  2. Stephenson v. S. Pac. Co.California Supreme Court · 1894
  3. Wood v. MoultonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1905
  4. MacPherson v. West Coast Transit Co.California Court of Appeal · 1928
  5. Gimbel v. LaramieCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1960

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