Ames v. Southern Pacific Co.
California Supreme Court
APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of the City and County of San Francisco granting a new trial. John Hunt, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtVan Dyke, J.
—This is an appeal from an order granting the plaintiff’s motion for a new trial. The action is for damages on account of being put off from one of defendant’s trains.
The evidence shows that the plaintiff went to defendant’s ticket office at the foot of Market Street in San Francisco, a little before five o ’clock, in November, 1899, being a very short time before the boat left that crosses the bay in connection with the train for Los Angeles. He asked the defendant’s ticket-seller for a ticket for the “Owl” train, and was immediately asked if he had a berth in the sleeper. Plaintiff informed…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Peterson v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1890
- McRae v. Wilmington & Weldon RailroadSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1883
- Wright v. California Central Railway Co.California Supreme Court · 1889
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- Delmonte v. Southern Pacific Co.California Court of Appeal · 1905
- Doherty v. Northern Pacific Railway Co.Montana Supreme Court · 1911
- Nelkin v. MARVIN HIME & CO., INC.California Court of Appeal · 1964
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