Merralls v. Southern Pacific Co.
California Supreme Court
■ The facts are stated in the opinion of thé court. A. A. Moore, Stanley Moore and Elliott Johnson for Appellant.
1Opinion of the CourtLawlor, J.
The appeal is from an order granting a new trial to the plaintiff. The action was brought by the plaintiff, as administratrix of the estate of William Augustus Merralls, deceased, -for damages against defendant, in behalf of the heirs of the deceased, for the death of the said Merralls, who was killed by an electric train owned and operated by the defendant in the city of Alameda.'
The fatal accident occurred on the night of September 2, 1914.. On that evening Mr. Merralls and a Mrs. Christina Nourse and a Mrs. Annie Wilson had made a social call in Alameda and were intending to take a train…
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