Lahey v. Southern Pacific Co.

Three appeals in this action are presented by the appellants upon one transcript and argued as one cause. The action was begun by the plaintiffs as the heirs and dependents of Henry F. Lahey, deceased, to recover damages by reason of his death suffered in a collision between an automobile driven by him and a train operated by the Southern Pacific Company, a corporation. The collision occurred at a point where a certain highway known as the “Power Line Highway” crosses the Southern Pacific railway track in the county of Sacramento, a few miles south of the town of Brighton. The line of the…