Barbieri v. Law

PRESTON, J.—

The judgment rendered in favor of plaintiff in this action for damages for personal injuries alleged to have been received by him while using a sidewalk elevator or hoist is hereby affirmed.

For about two years prior to the accident it had been the custom of plaintiff, a twenty-eight year old Italian, knowing little English, in the employ of a scavenger company, to make regular calls at the Monadnock building, which extends from Market to Stevenson Street in San Francisco, for the purpose of collecting refuse from the basement thereof. The building, which was owned by ap pellant,…