Cotter v. Lindgren
California Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of Kern County and from an order denying a new trial. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Vancliee, C.
Action for damages alleged to have been suffered by the plaintiff in consequence of negligence of the defendant in leaving unguarded an excavation which he had made in the sidewalk of a street in the town of Bakersfield, into which plaintiff fell and was injured.
The plaintiff had judgment for sixteen hundred dollars, from which and an order denying a new trial the defendant has appealed.
1. The appellant contends that the court erred in overruling his general and special demurrer to the complaint. The following is a copy of the complaint:
“ That on or about the 9th of February,…
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