Deike v. East Bay Street Railways, Ltd.

BURROUGHS, J., pro tem.

This is an action for personal injuries alleged to have been suffered by the plaintiff as the result of the negligent operation of a street car owned by the defendant company and under the immediate control of its eodefendant Hayden. At the close of the evidence the court directed the jury to return a verdict for both defendants, which direction having been complied with, judgment was entered for defendants, and the plaintiff has appealed therefrom. The court directed the verdict in favor of the defendants on the ground that plaintiff was as a matter of law guilty of…