Warren

Warren v. Southern California Railway Co.

Good Law
1901 Cal. LEXIS 1249·6 Cal. Unrep. 835·67 P. 1
Supreme Court of CaliforniaDecember 18, 1901L. A. No. 951California2,577 words

Opinion

lead Opinion

Garoutte, J.

Plaintiff Betsey Warren and her daughter, Mary Green, a woman of mature age, were returning to their home in a small market wagon, drawn by one horse, and when crossing the railroad track over C street, in the city of San Bernardino, a collision occurred with an engine attached to a moving train of cars of defendant, and as the result plaintiff was injured and Mary Green was killed. The present action was brought to recover damages for the injury sustained by plaintiff Betsey Warren. Judgment went in her favor, and an appeal is prosecuted from the judgment and order denying a motion for a new trial.

*837 It is asserted that the special demurrer to the complaint should have been sustained. This demurrer was directed to an allegation which stated that the city of San Bernardino had upon a certain day enacted an ordinance whereby it was declared unlawful for a railroad train to travel within the city limits at a greater rate of speed than ten miles an hour. This allegation was followed by another to the effect that the ordinance was in full force and effect at the time of the accident. There was an allegation in the complaint alleging: “That defendant, not regarding its duty, so…

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