Fanjoy v. Seales

By the Court, Currey, J.

This is an action on the case for damages consequent on injuries received by plaintiff through or by means of alleged negligence on the part of the defendant. The cause was tried before a jury, who rendered a verdict in plaintiff’s favor for two thousand and five hundred dollars, on which judgment was entered. A new trial was granted on the defendant’s application, and the plaintiff has appealed.

The case discloses that the defendant, the owner of a brick house in Sail Francisco, eleven feet front and two stories high, employed one Barry by contract to paint it. The…