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BETTENCOURT v. STATE OF CALIFORNIA

Docket No. 16578.

139 Cal.App.2d 255 (1956)

293 P.2d 472

GEORGE BETTENCOURT, Appellant, v. STATE OF CALIFORNIA et al., Defendants; C.G. KELLETT et al., Respondents.

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

February 16, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jacobsen & Tobin for Appellant.

Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, John E. Fourt, Deputy Attorney General, Robert E. Reed, Robert F. Carlson and Ropers & Majeski for Respondents.

Roger Arnebergh, City Attorney (Los Angeles), Bourke Jones, Assistant City Attorney, and Moses A. Berman, Deputy City Attorney, as amici curiae on behalf of Respondents.

BRAY, J.

Plaintiff's appeal from a judgment of nonsuit based upon his opening statement raises the question of whether his complaint alleged a cause of action for negligence against defendants.*

THE COMPLAINT

The complaint primarily charged the State of California and defendants as officers, agents and employees of the state, with maintaining the Dumbarton Bridge in a dangerous and defective condition in failing to provide...

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