Fisher
Fisher v. Los Angeles Pacific Co.
Opinion
Lead Opinion
Shaw, J.
In the first of the above-entitled causes, Civil No. 1286, the plaintiff, a minor, sues to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained by him on account of the negligence of the three defendants. In the second, Civil No. 1287, plaintiff, as the minor’s father, sues to recover damages by reason of expenses incurred by him for necessary medical treatment rendered his son. The complaints, in so far as they allege the facts constituting the negligence of defendants and their relations to each other, are identical, and the answers, each of which was joined in by all three'defendants, were the same, consisting of denials of the alleged negligence on the part of each defendant, and alleging contributory negligence on the part of the minor and his father. As stipulated, the two causes were tried together before a jury which, as to defendant Wells-Fargo Express Company, rendered a verdict for plaintiff in each of the eases, and as to the other two defendants rendered a verdict in their favor and against plaintiffs. Judgment followed in accordance with the verdict, from which defendant Wells-Fargo Express Company prosecutes this appeal upon the judgment-roll,…