Hontz v. San Pedro Etc. R. R. Co.
California Supreme Court
The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. James E. Kelby, Wilfred M. Peck, A. S. Halsted, and Pennell Cherrington, for Appellant San Pedro, L. A. & S. L. R. R. Co. E. S. Williams, for Appellant, Southern California Lumber Company. Crouch & Crouch, for Respondent, Edith E. Hontz, as Administratrix.
1Opinion of the CourtHenshaw, J.
George A. Hontz, an experienced brakeman, in the employ of defendant, San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad Company, while a member of a switching crew engaged in moving cars in the lumber-yard of defendant, Southern California Lumber Company, was killed. His administratrix sued both corporations for damages. Trial before a jury resulted in a verdict in her favor. From the judgment which followed and from the order denying their motions for a new trial the defendants have taken their separate appeals. Certain of the legal questions presented upon these appeals are common to both…
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