Bennett v. Hobro
California Supreme Court
Appeal from an order of the Superior Court of the city and -.county of San Francisco granting a new trial. Theifacts, are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Searls, C.
This is an action to recover damages laid ¡at 'tenvthousand dollars, for injuries sustained by plaintiff, by falling .through a trap-door in a building of one E. J. •Bennett, alleged to have been carelessly and negligently left open by the servants and employees of said defendant,
The cause was tried by a jury, and a verdict rendered •in favor of plaintiff for two hundred dollars, upon which judgment was entered.
In due time plaintiff moved for a new trial upon the grounds of,—“1. Insufficiency of the evidence to justify the verdict; 2. That said verdict is against law and against the…
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