Cook v. Clay St. Hill R.R.
California Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment for the plaintiff, and from an order denying* a new trial, in the Superior Court of the City and County of San Francisco. Hayne, J.
1Opinion of the Court
Myrick, J.:
The defendant is the owner of a street railroad in San .Francisco, running on Clay street, between Kearny street and Van Hess avenue. The cars are propelled by means of an endless cable, and to each car is attached a dummy, carrying the gripping apparatus. Seats are arranged on the sides and at the ends of the dummy for the use of passengers. The railroad has two tracks, the northern track being for cars going up the hill from Kearny street and the southern track being for descending cars. On the fourteenth of June, 1880, John H. Cook, plaintiff’s husband, seated himself as a…
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