GOODMAN v. HARRIS

Docket No. S.F. 18688.

40 Cal.2d 254 (1953)

253 P.2d 447

ARTHUR RALPH GOODMAN et al., Appellants, v. E.L. HARRIS et al., Defendants; PACIFIC GAS & ELECTRIC COMPANY, Respondent.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

February 17, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Belli, Ashe & Pinney, Melvin M. Belli, Betsy Fitzgerald Rahn and Van H. Pinney for Appellants.

Robert H. Gerdes and Frederick W. Mielke, Jr., for Respondent.


EDMONDS, J.

Arthur Ralph Goodman, Jr., died and Janet McCrum sustained permanent injuries as the result of inhaling carbon monoxide from a butane gas heater in a cabin which they were occupying overnight. Janet and the heirs of Arthur have appealed from a judgment of nonsuit in favor of Pacific Gas and Electric Company, the owner of the property where the accident occurred.

E.L. Harris, the corporation's tenant, and his wife Dorothy were in possession and...

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