Green v. Berge
California Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of the City and County of San Francisco. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Temple C.
This appeal is from a portion of the judgment upon the judgment-roll.
The action was brought to recover damages for excavating upon a lot, adjoining plaintiff’s lot, so negligently that the ground constituting a portion of plaintiff’s lot fell into the excavation of its own weight.
Berge was the owner of the lot upon which the excavating was done, and Buckman performed the work under a contract.
The case was tried without a jury, and, among other facts, the court found that on the 14th of May, 1891, Berge entered into a contract with Buckman in writing, whereby for a stipulated price…
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