Roller v. Sutter St. R.R.
California Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of the city and county of San Francisco, and from an order refusing a new trial. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtRoss, J.
Between two and three o’clock of the afternoon of Sunday, November 7, 1880, an infant child of the plaintiff, aged two years and seventeen days, was run. over on Larkin street, in the city and county of San Francisco, by a dummy engine of the defendant, and so injured that death resulted from the injuries within a few days. The action is by the father for damages for the loss of his child. The points made on appeal relate only to the giving and refusal to give certain instructions to the jury by the court below.
The parents of the child, with whom lived also the mother of the plaintiff,…
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