Beresford v. Pacific Gas & Electric Co.

This is a motion by defendant Public Utilities California Corporation (hereinafter referred to as P.U.C. Corp.) to dismiss an appeal by plaintiffs from an order of the trial court granting said defendant’s motion for a non-suit.

From a certificate of the county clerk of Tehama County and the affidavits of the parties, it appears that plaintiffs sought damages from defendants for the destruction of certain property of plaintiffs by fire alleged to have occurred by reason of defendants’ negligence. According to the clerk’s certificate, on November 30, 1951, defendant P.U.C. Corp moved for a…