Lynn

Lynn v. Southern Pacific Co.

Good Law
103 Cal. 7·1894 Cal. LEXIS 711·36 P. 1018
Supreme Court of CaliforniaJune 11, 1894No. 15341California1,901 words

Opinion

lead Opinion

Garoutte, J.

This is an action to recover damages for injuries received by the plaintiff while a passenger upon the road of the defendant. The injuries were of a permanent character and very serious, and the verdict of seven thousand five hundred dollars is not assailed as being excessive. The defendant appeals from the judgment and order denying a motion for a new trial.

The record discloses no exceptions taken to the introduction or exclusion of testimony. Neither are there any exceptions taken to the charge of the court. A motion for a nonsuit was made, and denied, and this appeal is now before us upon the question as to the sufficiency of the evidence to support the verdict of the jury. There being no exceptions to the charge of the court—and it is possible no just exception could have been made thereto—the law by which we are to be guided in considering the merits of this appeal is settled, and all investigation upon that point foreclosed; for the law of the case, as far as the decision of this court is concerned, is the law that guided the jury in its deliberations in the trial court.

The undisputed facts of the case may be stated as follows: Upon the thirtieth day of May, 1891, a…

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