Storrs v. Los Angeles Traction Co.

The plaintiff’s intestate brought this ■action to recover damages for personal injuries sustained, through the negligence of the defendant, while being carried as a passenger upon one of its cars in the city of Los Angeles. The cause was tried before a jury, and a verdict rendered in favor of the plaintiff for the sum of two thousand dollars. After the rendition of the verdict and the entry of judgment thereon, the plaintiff died, and his executor was thereupon substituted as plaintiff in the cause, under an order of the superior court. The defendant moved for a new trial, which was denied,…