Hawthorne v. Siegel
California Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, and from an order denying a new trial. The plaintiffs were partners engaged in the barber and bath-room business, and had leased from one Reynolds,for a term expiring April 26, 1891, the basement of the Nadeau Hotel, on the southeast corner of Spring Street, in the city of Los Angeles.
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Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, and from an order denying a new trial. The plaintiffs were partners engaged in the barber and bath-room business, and had leased from one Reynolds,for a term expiring April 26, 1891, the basement of the Nadeau Hotel, on the southeast corner of Spring Street, in the city of Los Angeles. The alterations complained of in the construction of the premises, whereby the plaintiffs were compelled to abandon the basement, were made by the defendant Nathan Siegel, whose store was located at No. 3 Spring Street, directly over the south…
1Opinion of the Court
Foote, C.
This action was brought to recover damages for trespass alleged to have been committed by the defendants in “breaking and entering ” upon the premises held, used, and possessed by the plaintiffs under a lease, and “forcibly and unlawfully altering and changing the construction” of the premises, “by lowering a portion of the ceiling ” thereof, “ and by closing up and obstructing the windows and gratings thereof through which plaintiff obtained light and air for their said premises.”
It was further alleged that these acts of the defendants rendered the premises “totally unfit and…
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