Pastene v. Adams
California Supreme Court
Appeal from the District Court, Twelfth Judicial District,. City and County of San Francisco. The defendants were lumber dealers in the city of San Francisco, and had a lumber yard on the easterly side of Stewart street, between Howard and Folsom streets.
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Appeal from the District Court, Twelfth Judicial District,. City and County of San Francisco. The defendants were lumber dealers in the city of San Francisco, and had a lumber yard on the easterly side of Stewart street, between Howard and Folsom streets. Their office fronted on the east side of Stewart street, which runs north and south, and there were two gangways or roads leading from the street into the lumber yard, one on the north side of the office, and one on the south, each about twelve feet wide. The distance between these gangways was about thirty-five feet. In front of the office,…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court, McKinstry, J.:
If the timbers were negligently piled by the defendants, the negligence continued until they were thrown down, and (concurring with the action of Randall) was a direct and proximate cause of the injury sustained by the plaintiff.
Judgment affirmed.
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