SEXTON v. BROOKS

Docket No. L.A. 21983.

39 Cal.2d 153 (1952)

245 P.2d 496

MOLLIE SEXTON, Respondent, v. EVELYN SIMON BROOKS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

June 26, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Moss, Lyon & Dunn, Gerold C. Dunn and Henry F. Walker for Appellant.

Joseph A. Ball and Thomas F. McCarry for Respondent.


GIBSON, C.J.

Plaintiff recovered a verdict for damages for injuries she received as the result of a fall in front of a building owned by defendant. The principal question raised on this appeal is whether the jury was properly instructed on the applicable rules of law.

Since 1946 defendant has owned a two-story building which is located on the northeast corner of Garnet Street and Benita Avenue in Redondo Beach. In 1902 the area on the Benita Avenue side of...

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