Sutter v. Omnibus Cable Co.

Citations

• 107 Cal. 369
• 40 P. 484
• 1895 Cal. LEXIS 760

Syllabus

<p>Negligence—Streetcar Company—Change op Horses—Collision—Injury prom Frightened Team.—Where the driver of a horsecar, after detaching the horses from the car at the company’s stables, for the purpose of obtaining a fresh team, swung them into the crowded, busy street, so as to collide with a wagon and team traveling in the same direction as the car, and which was already abreast of him when he swung the horses, his act in so swinging the horses, without either looking or listening for any approaching team, tends to prove negligence; and where, as the result of the collision, the horses ran away, and injured the plaintiff, a verdict against the horsecar company for damages for the resulting injury will be sustained upon appeal.</p>