Rowe v. Such
California Supreme Court
The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
THE COURT.
Plaintiff’s testate was killed on Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, having been struck by a wagon drawn by a runaway horse belonging to defendant Nelson, and this action was to recover damages for the death. At the close of the evidence for plaintiff, the court granted a motion for non-suit. The appeal is from the judgment and from the order denying plaintiff’s motion for a new trial.
The driver of the horse was not called by plaintiff as a witness, and there was no evidence as to what caused the horse to run away. The witnesses Taggard and Wilson testified that their attention was…
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