Wyatt v. Pacific Elec. Ry. Co.

This is an action by the heirs at law of Catherine Gray, deceased, to recover damages for her death, which, it is alleged, was caused by the negligence of the defendant. The verdict was in favor of the defendant. The plaintiffs appeal from an order denying their motion for a new trial.

The defendant was operating a line of street-railroad cars in the city of Pasadena. The complaint alleges that the deceased was a passenger on defendant’s car; that the car stopped and she was in the act of stepping from the rear of the car to the street, when it was started backwards by the employees of the…