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WILLIAMS v. FAIRHAVEN CEMETERY ASSN.

Docket No. L.A. 25327.

52 Cal.2d 135 (1959)

338 P.2d 392

WALTER WILLIAMS, Appellant, v. FAIRHAVEN CEMETERY ASSOCIATION (a Nonprofit Corporation), Respondent.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

May 8, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rutan, Lindsay, Dahl, Smedegaard, Howell & Tucker, W.W. McCray and James R. Moore for Appellant.

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

McCOMB, J.

Plaintiff appeals from an order granting defendant's motion for a new trial after a jury returned a verdict in favor of plaintiff in an action to recover damages for personal injuries resulting from an explosion of a gas water heater in a hotel where he was employed as a porter.

Facts: Defendant, a nonprofit California corporation, is the owner of the Santa Ana Hotel in Santa Ana. On January 19...

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