Munro v. Pacific Coast Dredging & Reclamation 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.
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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 complaint contained the following allegations as to the appointment of plaintiff as administrator of the deceased: “ That on the twenty-sixth day of June, 1885, John Munro, the plaintiff, filed a petition for letters of administration on the estate of said Michael Stanton, in the superior court of said city and county, department 9, probate; that thereafter such proceedings were had that on the seventh day of July, 1885, said court, by an order duly given and made,…
1Opinion of the CourtThornton, J.
This action is brought to recover damages for death caused by the negligent explosion by defendant of a blast in the city of San Francisco, whereby the plaintiff’s intestate was killed.
The demurrer to the complaint was properly overruled. The allegations as to the appointment of Munro as administrator of the deceased, Stanton, were sufficient.
The court committed no error in its rulings on the admission of testimony.
The court gave, at the request of plaintiff, the following instruction to the jury:—
“If you find, from the evidence, that the defendant through its agents, servants, and employees,…
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