Chappell v. San Diego & Arizona Railway Co.

This is an appeal from a judgment on a verdict in favor of the plaintiff in an action for damages for personal injuries. The collision involved occurred on May 12, 1921, at a point in the outskirts of the city of San Diego where Francis Street, a north and south street, crosses the tracks of the defendant railway company at right angles. The defendant company operates a line of railroad from San Diego to Lakeside, about seventeen miles in length. On this line steam trains are operated for the carriage of passengers and freight. The company also operates thereon a heavy type of passenger and…