Williams v. Southern Pacific Railroad
California Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of the City and County of San Francisco and from an order denying a new trial. John Hunt, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Britt, C.
Action to recover compensation for certain paving and other street work which plaintiff alleged was done by him at defendant’s request. The answer consisted of denials of the material averments of the complaint. The trial was before a jury, and the verdict and judgment were in plaintiff’s favor for the amount of the alleged value of the work.
1. It was disclosed in the course of the evidence for plaintiff at the trial that the contract for the work was made orally between one Haley, the agent of defendant, and the plaintiff Williams—the latter acting, however, as was known to…
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