SMITH v. KILE

Docket No. 21636.

147 Cal.App.2d 314 (1956)

304 P.2d 1034

AGNES SMITH, Respondent, v. DAVID KILE et al., Appellants.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Three.

December 28, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

King & Mussell and John Lewis King for Appellants.

Ball, Hunt & Hart and Clarence S. Hunt for Respondent.


WOOD (Parker), J.

Action for damages for wrongful death caused by an unvented gas heater. Plaintiff is decedent's mother. Defendants are the owners of the building in Lynwood where the death occurred. Judgment upon a verdict was for plaintiff. Defendants appeal from the judgment.

Appellants contend that the court erred in instructing the jury.

About January 1, 1954, defendants rented a room to Robert Lee Smith, 19 years of age. An open flame gas heater...

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