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PAXTON v. COUNTY OF ALAMEDA

Docket No. 15382.

119 Cal.App.2d 393 (1953)

259 P.2d 934

AMOS PAXTON, Respondent, v. THE COUNTY OF ALAMEDA et al., Appellants.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division One.

July 28, 1953.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J.F. Coakley, District Attorney, R. Robert Hunter, Assistant District Attorney, Richard H. Klippert, Deputy District Attorney, Donahue, Richards, Rowell & Gallagher, James E. Gallagher and Joseph T. Richards for Appellant County.

Gardiner Johnson, Samuel C. Shenk and John A. Sproul for Appellants Hass and Kent.

Robert E. Burns and Crimmins, Kent, Draper & Bradley as Amici Curiae on behalf of Appellants.

Anderson & Peck, Milner J. Anderson, Edward F. Peck and Gordon W. Nelson for Respondent.

WOOD (Fred B.), J.

Amos Paxton was injured while applying a tar and gravel surface to the roof of a livestock pavilion which was in course of construction at Alameda County Fair Grounds. He was carrying two 50-pound buckets of hot tar along the roof toward the place of intended application. At a certain point the sheathing under his left foot gave way. He fell through up to his thigh, sustaining injuries to his left arm, wrist and hand from the spilling of hot tar...

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