Milton Weaving Co. v. Northumberland County Gas & Electric Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 88, Jan. T., 1915, by plaintiff, from judgment of O. P. Northumberland Co., Feb. T., 1914, No. 236, on directed verdict for defendant, in case of Milton Weaving Company v. Northumberland County Gas and Electric Company. Trespass to recover damages for the destruction of plaintiff’s mill. Before Cummings, P. J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. Verdict for defendant by direction of the court and judgment thereon. Defendant appealed.
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Appeal, No. 88, Jan. T., 1915, by plaintiff, from judgment of O. P. Northumberland Co., Feb. T., 1914, No. 236, on directed verdict for defendant, in case of Milton Weaving Company v. Northumberland County Gas and Electric Company. Trespass to recover damages for the destruction of plaintiff’s mill. Before Cummings, P. J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. Verdict for defendant by direction of the court and judgment thereon. Defendant appealed. Errors assigned were rulings on evidence, and in directing a verdict for defendant.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Frazer,
Plaintiff owned and operated a weaving mill located in the Borough of Milton, and defendant furnished electric current for lighting plaintiff’s property. On January 21,1913, plaintiff’s mill and contents were destroyed by fire, caused by a short circuit at the point where defendant’s service wires passed through the outer wall of plaintiff’s building to connect with a switch box and fuse box located inside the mill. Plaintiff’s evidence tended to show that at the time of the fire the wires were attached to the building by glass insulators mounted on wooden…
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