Howard v. City & County of San Francisco
Cases that cite this one
16 later published cases cite this decision.
- Peterson v. City of Wilmington (N.C. 1902)
- Mendel & Co. v. City of Wheeling (W. Va. 1886)
- Varshock v. Department of Forestry (Cal. Ct. App. 2011)
- Harding v. City of Hawthorne (Cal. Ct. App. 1931)
- Island Transp. Co. v. City of Seattle (District Court, W.D. Washington 1913)
- Davoust v. City of Alameda (Cal. 1906)
- Mayor of New York v. Workman (2d Cir. 1895)
- Frederick v. City of Columbus (Court of Common Pleas of Ohio, Franklin County, Civil Division 1895)
- Gillespie v. City of Lincoln (Neb. 1892)
- Chope v. City of Eureka (Cal. 1889)
- Grube v. City of St. Paul (Minn. 1886)
- Condict v. Mayor of Jersey City (N.J. 1884)
- Welsh v. Village of Rutland (Vt. 1883)
- Wilcox v. City of Chicago (Ill. 1883)
- Edgerly v. Concord (N.H. 1879)
- McKenna v. City of St. Louis (Mo. Ct. App. 1878)
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Opinion of the Court
1. At common law, and in the absence of statutory provisions, the defendant, as being a municipal corporation, would not be liable for the negligence complained of in this action.
2. And we are of opinion that the provisions of the statute, under which the fire department of the city and county of San Francisco is organized and controlled, do not create a liability upon' the part of the city for acts of negligence committed by the officers or men of the department.
Judgment and order denying a new trial reversed and cause remanded.
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