Larrabee v. Western Pacific Ry. Co.
California Supreme Court
The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. Warren Olney, Jr., W. H. Carlin, John S. Partridge, and A. R. Baldwin, for Appellant.
1Opinion of the CourtHenshaw, J.
This action was brought to recover damages from defendant for causing the death of plaintiff’s intestate. Trial was had before a jury which gave its verdict for plaintiff, and from the judgment which followed, and from the order of the court denying defendant’s motion for a new trial, it prosecutes this appeal.
The case is a railroad-crossing case. The deceased, while traveling southward in a horse-drawn hay wagon along the county road, which road crosses the track of defendant’s steam railway at an acute angle, was struck by defendant’s train coming from the north and moving in the same…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Zibbell v. Southern Pacific Co.California Supreme Court · 1911
- Herbert v. Southern Pacific Co.California Supreme Court · 1898
- Baltimore & Potomac R. Co. v. LandriganSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
- Mattingly v. PennieCalifornia Supreme Court · 1895
- Green v. Los Angeles Terminal Railway Co.California Supreme Court · 1904
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3Cited by30 opinions
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- Green v. Southern Pacific Co.California Court of Appeal · 1921
- Duehren v. StewartCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1940
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