Quintell v. Ferran
Quintell v. Ferran
Opinion of the Court
Defendant appeals from a judgment allowing plaintiff $1,000 damages for personal injuries. Plaintiff, answering the appeal, prays that the judgment he increased to $3,035, the amount sued for. .
Plaintiff was struck and injured by a plank that fell from the rear wall of a shed on defendants premises, adjoining the premises occupied by plaintiff. The suit is therefore founded upon the provisions of the Civil Code, arts. 670 and 2322, to the effect that the owner of a building is liable in damages for any injury that may befall a neighbor or passer-by as a result of neglect to keep the building in repair.
Defendant’s liability for the injury that resulted from his neglect to keep the building in repair is imposed by law; and we find no error in the district judge’s conclusion as to the facts.
The judgment appealed from is affirmed.
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- (Syllabus by Editorial Staff.) 1. Negligence Testimony by plaintiff and'by other witness who were present shortly after the accident held to show that plaintiff was injured by the falling of a plank from a wall on defendant’s premises which adjoined those occupied by plaintiff, so that defendant was liable therefor under Oiv. Code, arts. 670, 2322, which imposed liability on a building owner for injury to neighbor or passer-by resulting from neg; lect to keep building in repair. 2. Damages &wkey;>l3!(l) — $1,000 for broken collar bone held neither insufficient nor excessive. A judgment allowing $1,000 damages for a broken collar bone which confined plaintiff to her bed for about six weeks, and thereafter required the arm to be -carried in a sling for two months, causing severe pain at times, is not manifestly either insufficient or excessive, and will be affirmed.