Wilson v. San Francisco-Oakland & Terminal Railways

KNIGHT, J., pro tem.

This action was brought by plaintiff to recover damages for personal injuries claimed to have been sustained by her through the negligence of the defendant corporation while she was riding as a passenger on the street-car of said defendant corporation. The action was tried by a jury, and the court directed a verdict ■ in favor of the defendant. Judgment was entered accordingly, from which plaintiff appeals.

The defendant corporation was the only defendant answering, and it pleaded a release executed by plaintiff, to the effect that she had accepted from said defendant…