Kalis v. Shattuck

Pauline Kalis, the wife of her co-plaintiff, while passing along the sidewalk in front of a building on the west side of Broadway, in the city of Oakland, received personal injuries from the fall of a wooden awning, which extended, with a slanting direction, from the second story of the building for about twenty feet over the sidewalk; and to recover damages for the injuries sustained, she brought the action in hand against “ F. K. Shattuck, Maria Hillegas (administratrix of the estate of William Hillegas, deceased),” and seven other defendants, “ for knowingly, negligently, and carelessly…