Polloni

In this action the plaintiffs, as the heirs-at-law of one Eda Polloni, deceased, sought to recover damages for her death, which, it was alleged, was proximately caused by the negligence of the defendant. Judgment was entered for the defendant- upon the verdict of a jury, from which and from an order denying a new trial the plaintiffs have appealed. The alleged insufficiency of the evidence to warrant and support the verdict and judgment is the principal point urged in support of the appeal.

Briefly stated, the facts of the case, as shown by the evidence adduced upon the trial, are these: The defendant, doing business under the name of the Sonoma Valley Company, was engaged in manufacturing electric light and power and supplying the same to the inhabitants of the town of Sonoma and adjacent surburban settlements in the county of Sonoma. One of the defendant’s transmission lines extended from the town of Sonoma to the town of Glen Ellen. This line consisted of two heavy electric wires strung upon poles located on the westerly side of the county road and passed immediately in front, of the premises of the deceased. Her home, however, stood back one hundred yards or more from the…