Callahan v. Eel River & Eureka Railroad
California Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of Humboldt County, and from an order denying a new trial. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Belcher, C.
The material facts of this case are very nearly the same as those of Barrett v. Southern Pacific Company, decided by this court September 21,1891. (91 Cal. 296.)
It appears here that on the 5th of August, 1887, the defendant owned and was operating a railroad, one terminus of which was at the city of Eureka, in the county of Humboldt. At this terminus it had a turn-table, which was held in place by the customary fastening of an iron latch dropped in a slot. By lifting the latch from the slot the table could be revolved.
The plaintiff was a child six years old, whose parents lived a…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Barrett v. Southern Pacific Co.California Supreme Court · 1891
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