Legal Opinion

Baker v. Southern California Railway Co.

California Supreme Court

Decided October 10, 1896No. L. A. No. 61PublishedCited by 12 opinions

Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of San Diego County and from an order denying a new-trial. George Puterbaugh, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion.

1Opinion of the Court

Haynes, C.

This action was brought by the plaintiffs in the justice’s court to recover the sum of one hundred -and thirty dollars, the value of a cow and a steer alleged •to have been killed by a train on defendant’s road.

*505An answer was filed in which it was alleged, among other things, that the determination of the action necessarily involved the question of title to, or possession of, real property, and said cause was accordingly certified to the superior court under the provisions of section 838 of the Code of Civil Procedure.

Thereafter, on the twenty-second day of January, 1895, an order…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Arroyo Ditch & Water Co. v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1891
  2. City of Santa Cruz v. Santa Cruz RailroadCalifornia Supreme Court · 1880
  3. Baker v. Southern California Railway Co.California Supreme Court · 1895

3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Pao Ch'en Lee v. GREGORICUCalifornia Supreme Court · 1958
  2. Southern California Railway Co. v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1899
  3. Stockton v. NewmanCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1957
  4. McKnight v. Oregon Short Line RailroadMontana Supreme Court · 1905
  5. Stratton v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1935

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