Stanley

Plaintiff in this action had judgment for the sum of $500 on account of an injury alleged to have been received by coming in contact with an electric wire in a building owned by the defendant. From this judgment the defendant appeals.

The record shows the appellant, at the time of the injury received by the plaintiff, was the owner of a certain store building in the city of Ceres, in Stanislaus County, and had been the owner of the premises for a number of years. In November, 1930, the appellant caused the building to be wired for electricity, that is, it was wired so that it might be electrically lighted. The wires installed in the building were intended to carry 110 volts.' A permit was taken out for the wiring of the building, and after the wiring had been completed, it appears that it was approved by the building inspector of the town of Ceres. The store room in question had been used as a restaurant by successive tenants. Prior to the wiring and prior to the occupancy of the premises by the plaintiff in this action, a former tenant had obtained permission from the defendant to cut a hole in the ceiling, and also in the roof of the building, for the purpose of running a pipe…