City of Oakland v. Pacific Gas & Electric Co.

This is an appeal by defendant company from a judgment against it and in favor of plaintiff city of Oakland, for $3,980.43, damages to public library books contained in the basement of a building, the ground floor and basement of which were occupied as an annex to the Oakland *446Public Library. The owner of the building is also named as a defendant but the trial court gave judgment in his favor.

The upper floors of the building in which the city of Oakland maintained the library consisted of apartments leased to the manager thereof by the owner of the property. The library was heated by means of…