Totten v. More Oakland Residential Housing, Inc.

Opinion

KANE, J.

This is an appeal from the trial court’s judgment dismissing appellants’ action after respondent’s demurrer to the second amended complaint was sustained without leave to amend.

Respondent, More Oakland Residential Housing, Inc., a nonprofit corporation, owned and operated highrise apartment houses in Oakland, California. The purpose of the apartment complex was to replace slum dwellings in the ghetto area of the city and to provide inexpensive housing for low income people. The apartment house where the injury in dispute occurred was a part of the complex.

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