Hale v. Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co.

Action to recover damages alleged to have been sustained as a result of defendant’s negligence. The jury rendered a verdict in favor of plaintiff upon which judgment was entered and from which defendant has appealed upon the judgment-roll accompanied by a bill of exceptions.

The facts out of which the accident grew and concerning which there is little controversy in the evidence are as follows: At the time when plaintiff sustained the injury, defendant was engaged in constructing and operating a telephone system in the city of San Diego. For its use as a storeroom for supplies and material…