Legal Opinion
Ayres v. Wright
California Court of Appeal
Decided January 31, 1930No. Docket No. 6897PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHNSON, J., pro tem.
This action was instituted to recover damages for personal injury by the plaintiff Florence C. Ayres in consequence of a fall, resulting from the sudden disjunction of a rustic railing, forming the outer barrier of the porch of a cottage owned by the defendant Mamie C. Wright, and hired by plaintiffs.
The action was tried by a jury, which, under direction of the court, returned a verdict in favor of the defendant Mrs. Wright. From the judgment entered upon that verdict the plaintiffs have appealed.
The legal question presented is the familiar one as to the liability of a…
2Cases cited27 opinions
- Hines v. WillcoxTennessee Supreme Court · 1896
- Stumpf v. LelandMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1922
- Trout v. OgilvieCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1919
- Shinkle, Wilson & Kreis Co. v. BirneyOhio Supreme Court · 1903
- O'Malley v. Twenty-Five AssociatesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1901
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3Cited by18 opinions
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