Roxas v. Gogna

Plaintiff was injured when he jumped from the second story of a burning lodging house on Pacific street in San Francisco. The lodging house, on the date of the fire, was owned by the two defendants, but was then being leased to a third party not a party to this proceeding. The plaintiff brought this action against the defendant owners on two theories: (1) That the building was not' equipped with fire escapes as required by an ordinance of the city and county of San Francisco, and that such ordinance imposed the duty on the owners of the building to install such fire escapes; and (2) that,…