Riley v. Simpson
California Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of San Joaquin County, and from an order denying a new-trial. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtSharpstein, J.
— This action is brought to recover damages caused by the falling of an awning and a portion of a brick wall upon the plaintiff while passing along upon a sidewalk under said awning. Defendants were the owners and lessors of the building to which said awning was attached. The case was tried by a jury, which rendered a verdict in favor of the plaintiff for five thousand dollars. Defendants moved for a new *218trial on several grounds, one of them being “ insufficiency of the evidence to justify the verdict.” The motion for a new trial was overruled, and from the order overruling it, and the…
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