Patterson v. San Francisco & San Mateo Electric Railway Co.

In this action plaintiff sought to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained through the negligence of defendant.

A verdict was returned in favor of defendant, and plaintiff appeals from the judgment and an order denying his motion for a new trial.

1. On March 12, 1901, about midnight, plaintiff and his wife took passage on one of the cars of defendant, at the corner of Fourteenth and Valencia streets, in the city of San Francisco, for their home on Thirtieth Street in said city. The car turned into Guerrero Street, and as it approached Twenty-second Street the…