Lippert v. Pacific Sugar Corporation
California Court of Appeal
APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Kings County, and from an order denying a new trial. John G. Covert, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtChipman, P. J.
This is an action for damages brought by the surviving wife and minor child of William Leo Lip-pert, who, on the fifteenth day of July, 1909, was killed by the bursting of a “pre-heater,” used by defendant for the purpose of heating sugar-beet juices. At the time of the accident Lippert was twenty-eight and one-half years of age and the minor was eighteen months old. The jury found for plaintiffs in the sum of twenty thousand dollars and judgment was entered in their favor for that amount. The appeal is by defendant from the judgment and from an order denying its motion for a new trial.
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