CHISHOLM v. CALIFORNIA JOCKEY CLUB

Docket No. 17784.

164 Cal.App.2d 367 (1958)

330 P.2d 676

WALTER E. CHISHOLM, Respondent, v. CALIFORNIA JOCKEY CLUB (a Corporation), Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division Two.

October 20, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alexander, Bacon & Mundhenk and McCarthy, O'Hara & Johnson for Appellant.

Philander Brooks Beadle and John T. Tully for Respondent.


KAUFMAN, P.J.

Plaintiff, Walter E. Chisholm filed a complaint seeking damages for the death of his race horse, Romanticon, allegedly caused by the negligence of the defendant, owner and operator of the Bay Meadows Race Track. Defendant appeals from a jury verdict in favor of the plaintiff on the grounds of certain prejudicial errors in the court's instructions to the jury.

Defendant conducts horse races at Bay Meadows and invites owners of horses to stable...

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