Dobbie v. Pacific Gas & Electric Co.

THE COURT.

This action was brought by plaintiff, Henry Dobbie, against appellant, Pacific Gas and Electric Company, a corporation, hereinafter called the gas company, to recover damages for personal injuries sustained on its premises.

The plaintiff, a sheet and metal worker, was in the employ of W. Heidt, an independent contractor, who was under contract with the gas company to reconstruct a blast-pipe and do other work of like character in and about the generator building of the^plant of the company in San Francisco.

The complaint alleged that on the day of the accident and for a long time…