HAMPTON v. PACIFIC ELECTRIC RY. CO.

Docket No. 19251.

118 Cal.App.2d 263 (1953)

257 P.2d 703

HARRY C. HAMPTON, Respondent, v. PACIFIC ELECTRIC RAILWAY COMPANY (a Corporation), Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Three.

June 1, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C.W. Cornell, O.O. Collins, John R. Allport and Clyde C. Beery for Appellant.

John M. Ennis and Robert M. Holstein for Respondent.


SHINN, P.J.

Plaintiff, about 65 years of age, for many years employed by the Pacific Electric Railway as a conductor, was injured when he fell in descending from a loading platform of the company at its station in Azusa. Suing under the Federal Employers' Liability Act he was awarded substantial damages in a jury trial and following denial of its motion for a new trial the defendant company appeals.

The sole question is whether the evidence and proper inferences...

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