Calame v. Stevens

JONES, J. pro tem.

This appeal is from a judgment in favor of plaintiff on account of personal injuries suffered when he fell from a metal framework over the entrance to defendant’s used car lot in San Jose. The case was tried by the court sitting without a jury.

The framework from which plaintiff fell was made of iron pipes 2 or 2% inches in diameter. An upright pipe stood on each side of the entrance to the lot extending upward 10 to 12 feet. These uprights were connected at the top by a hori zontal pipe of the same size. The two gates of the entrance hinged on the uprights, and a wire fence…