Lynch v. Pacific Electric Railway Co.

The plaintiff, as administratrix of the estate of her deceased husband, William Edward Lynch, prosecutes this action against the defendant to recover damages on account of the death of her husband, which she alleged was caused by negligence of the defendant employer of said Lynch. The charge is that on the twenty-ninth day of April, 1913, “while the defendant was attempting to' draw a gravel train of cars over its tracks on a steep upgrade,. near Redondo Beach, California, the defendant negligently failed to furnish sufficient electricity, the motive power thereof, to pull said train, ... so…