Galloway v. United Railroads
California Court of Appeal
The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtNourse, J.
Plaintiff appeals from a judgment after verdict in favor of defendant in an action for damages for the death of her minor son. Death was alleged to have been caused by a blow on the head inflicted by defendant’s motorman with the controller bar or gate handle of a street-ear upon which deceased had been a passenger, and from which he had alighted just prior to receiving the injury.
The facts1 in evidence, without substantial conflict, are that the deceased—a young boy of about eighteen years of age—with three other companions, was traveling upon a Valencia Street car, in the city and county of…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Barmore v. Vicksburg, Shreveport & Pacific Railway Co.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1904
- People v. MillerCalifornia Supreme Court · 1916
- Boa v. San Francisco-Oakland Terminal Rys.California Supreme Court · 1920
- Otis Elevator Co. v. First Nat'l Bank of S.F.California Supreme Court · 1912
- Raming v. Metropolitan Street Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1900
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3Cited by8 opinions
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- Black Star Coal Co. v. HallCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1935
- Bartolini v. AndrioliCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1932
- Hess v. HessIdaho Supreme Court · 1925
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