Boyce v. California Stage Co.

By the Court, Sanderson, C. J.

This action was brought to recover damages on account of personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff by reason of the *466negligent and careless upsetting of the defendant’s stage coach upon which he was a passenger. The damages were laid in the complaint at fifty thousand dollars, and the jury found a verdict in favor of the plaintiff for the sum of sixteen thousand and five hundred dollars. The defendant moved for a new trial, which was denied. The appeal is from the judgment and order. .

The facts as gathered from the testimony contained in the record are…