Legal Opinion
Patania v. Yellow-Checker Cab Co.
California Court of Appeal
Decided December 17, 1929No. Docket No. 6880PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THE COURT.
The plaintiff in the above action was the father of Paulino Patania, a girl aged eleven years, who was struck and killed by an automobile owned by defendant Yellow-Checker Cab Co., a corporation, and operated by P. M. James, its servant. A jury returned a verdict against the defendants, and from the judgment entered thereon both have appealed. As grounds therefor it is contended that both the plaintiff and his daughter were guilty of contributory negligence as a matter of law.
At about 11 o’clock A. M. on May 20, 1926, the plaintiff and his daughter alighted from the rear exit of a…
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- Studer v. Southern Pacific Co.California Supreme Court · 1898
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3Cited by9 opinions
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