Lee v. Market Street Railway Co.

This action was brought to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by plaintiff. A verdict was given in his favor, judgment in due course followed, and from that judgment and from the order denying defendant a new trial it appeals.

Upon the evening of September 8, 1897, plaintiff attempted to cross Kearny Street in the block between Jackson and Washington streets. While upon the track of the street railroad he was struck by an electric car approaching from Washington Street, and sustained the injuries complained of, the most serious of which was a crushed foot, necessitating…