Gordon

Judgment was entered herein in favor of the plaintiff and against the defendants in the sum of $1,237 as damages which the jury fixed as the amount of compensation awarded to the plaintiff for personal injuries suffered by reason of the alleged negligence of the defendants. There was a motion for a new trial made on behalf of the defendants Lankershim and Biorci, which motion was denied. This appeal was then taken by said defendants from the judgment as entered, and from the order denying them a new trial.

The record of the trial is presented by bill of exceptions. The facts as they appear to have been established by competent evidence introduced on behalf of the plaintiff, are as follows : At the date when the alleged injuries were suffered by the plaintiff, a business building was being erected at the corner of Main and Fourth Streets, in the city of Los Angeles, for the appellant Lankershim. The building had been in the main completed. Appellant Biorci was employed by Lanker-shim, or his authorized agent, to decorate the corridor on the ground floor which was entered from the Main Street side. The sidewalk was already laid in front of the building. Plaintiff, on the day in…