Williams v. Southern Pacific Co.
California Supreme Court
The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtHenshaw, J.
This action was brought by Theodore Williams in his own behalf and that of his wife, seeking a recovery for the death of their son, charged to have been occasioned by the negligence of. the defendant. The complaint alleged that Glen L. Williams, the son, was on the eighth day of October in the employ of the defendant as a watchman on its railroad right of way near the station of Tormey, in Contra Costa County, California, and that he had been employed by the defendant for some time prior to the eighth day of October; that by the terms of his employment he was required “to work and be on duty…
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