Sullivan

Sullivan v. San Francisco Gas Etc. Co.

Good Law
148 Cal. 368·1905 Cal. LEXIS 686·83 P. 156
Supreme Court of CaliforniaDecember 18, 1905S.F. No. 4187.California1,922 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

Shaw, J.

This action was begun in the superior court of the city and county of San Francisco, for the purpose, as stated in the prayer of the complaint, of enjoining the defendants and each of them “from making or filing any criminal complaint, or issuing or serving any warrant of arrest, or arresting plaintiffs, or eitner of them, by reason of the taking down, cutting, or removal by any of said plaintiffs of the electric wires of the defendant, the San Francisco Gas and Electric Company.” The court, upon application therefor, and after a hearing, made an order for an injunction during the pend-ency of the action as prayed for. From this order the defendants have appealed.

According to the allegations of the complaint and the proofs at.the hearing, the plaintiffs are severally pursuing the occupation of house-movers in the city of San Francisco, and have and procure from the city as often as may be necessary, permits to move over and upon the public streets of the city the houses which they may be employed to move, and that in so doing the wires of the defendant, the San Francisco Gas and Electric Company, which overhang the streets, interfere with the moving of the houses, so that it is…

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