49 Cal. 87
Decided July 1, 1874
California Supreme Court · decided 1874-07-01
City and County of San Francisco. The defendants were lumber dealers in the city of San Francisco, and had a lumber yard on the easterly side of Stewart street, between Howard and Folsom streets. Their office fronted on the east side of Stewart street, which runs north and south, and there were two gangways or roads leading from the street into the lumber yard, one on the north side of the office, and one on the south, each about twelve feet wide.
Good law ✅— No negative treatment on recordhow we know
Decided 1874-07-01
Cited by 53 later decisions — most recently January 1972 · most notably Mosley v. Arden Farms Co. (1945), Seale. v. Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe R'y Co. (1886)
2 federal appellate · 1 district · 49 state decisions — followed in 12 states
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