Legal Opinion
Hoffman v. Southern Pac. Co.
California Supreme Court
Decided October 13, 1914No. L.A. No. 3384PublishedCited by 2 opinions
The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. J. W. McKinley, R. C. Gortner, and W. R. Millar, for Appellant.
1Opinion of the CourtSloss, J.
The plaintiff recovered judgment for ten thousand dollars, damages for injuries sustained through the alleged negligence of the defendant. The defendant appeals from the judgment and from an order denying its motion for a new trial.
Plaintiff was in the employ of the Union Hardware & Metal Company at Los Angeles. Said company’s business included the sale of explosives. In connection with that branch of its business, it maintained a magazine a short distance from the line of the defendant’s railroad track, at a point near Tunnel Station, about twenty-seven miles north of Los Angeles. A shipment…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Clark v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Ry.California Supreme Court · 1912
3Cited by2 opinions
- Barker v. Southern Pacific Co.California Court of Appeal · 1931
- Dryden v. Western Pacific RailroadCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1934