Legal Opinion

City & County of San Francisco v. Ho Sing

California Supreme Court

Decided October 24, 1958No. S. F. 19977PublishedCited by 54 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtCarter, J.

This is an appeal by the city and county of San Francisco, a municipal corporation, from a judgment after defendants’, Ho Sing and Ho Lum Shee, demurrer to its complaint had been sustained without leave to amend.

Mr. and Mrs. Ho purchased a building in San Francisco. Their predecessors in title had installed a sidewalk skylight in front of the building. This skylight was over a basement which was maintained by defendants Ho. During the course of defendants’ possession of the building, the sidewalk skylight developed a crack two inches wide and 18 inches long. On August 24,1952, one Mrs. Wagner…

2Cases cited24 opinions

  1. Washington Gas Light Co. v. District of ColumbiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
  2. Robbins v. Chicago CitySupreme Court of the United States · 1867
  3. Chicago City v. RobbinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1863
  4. Cole v. RushCalifornia Supreme Court · 1955
  5. Gulf, Mobile & Ohio Railroad v. Arthur Dixon Transfer Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1951

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3Cited by54 opinions

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  5. Western Steamship Lines, Inc. v. San Pedro Peninsula HospitalCalifornia Supreme Court · 1994

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