Durkee v. Central Pacific Railroad

Morrison, C. J.:

This is an action by plaintiff to recover damages of defendant for an injury to the infant son of plaintiff, alleged to have been caused carelessly and negligently by the servants and employees of the defendant. It appears, from the evidence in the case, that, on the 2nd day of July, 1876, Milton W. Durkee, the son of the plaintiff, aged about five and a half years, was run over by an engine belonging to and at the time in the ser*389vice of the defendant, and was so severely injured that amputation of both his feet became necessary. Verdict for $10,000 damages.

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