Jager v. California Bridge Co.
California Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of the City and County of San Francisco and from an order denying a new trial. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. The judgment should be reversed, as the injuries received by the plaintiff were received because of the carelessness of the engineer, who was a fellow-servant with the plaintiff. (Long v. Coronado R. R. Co., 96 Cal. 269; Trewatha v. Buchanan etc. Co., 96 Cal. 495; Crispin v. Babbitt, 81 N. Y. 516; 37 Am.
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Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of the City and County of San Francisco and from an order denying a new trial. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. The judgment should be reversed, as the injuries received by the plaintiff were received because of the carelessness of the engineer, who was a fellow-servant with the plaintiff. (Long v. Coronado R. R. Co., 96 Cal. 269; Trewatha v. Buchanan etc. Co., 96 Cal. 495; Crispin v. Babbitt, 81 N. Y. 516; 37 Am. Rep. 521; Randall v. Baltimore etc. R. R. Co., 109 U. S. 478.) An employer is not an insurer, and if he has exercised…
1Opinion of the CourtGaroutte, J.
Respondent was injured while employed by appellant in working upon and about a machine engaged in driving piles. He recovered a judgment for such injuries, and this appeal is taken from that judgment and from the order denying the motion for a new trial.
*544In due time appellant moved for a change of venue of the action from the city and county of San Francisco to the county of Alameda, upon the ground that appellant’s principal place of business was in Alameda county, and alleging that such fact was so declared in its articles of incorporation. This motion was denied, and complaint is now made…
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