Dyas v. Southern Pacific Co.

Plaintiffs, the widow and minor child of Joseph Dyas, deceased, brought this action against the defendant to recover damages for his death, claimed to have been occasioned through the negligence of defendant in furnishing insecure and unsafe appliances to the deceased, its employee, while engaged in its service. The case was tried before a jury, a verdict rendered for the plaintiffs for six thousand dollars, and from an order denying defendant’s motion for a new trial it appeals.

The principal facts in the case are that the deceased, on. October 26, 1896, was operating a derrick at one of the…