Legal Opinion
Gordon v. Ashley
New York Supreme Court
Decided May 15, 1901Published
Action for negligence. Motion for a new trial.
1Opinion of the CourtRussell, J.
The jury gave to the plaintiff, for the benefit of herself as widow and the children of the deceased Joseph Gordon, Jr., a verdict of $4,000 for negligence occasioning the death of the husband at the village of Whitehall, on the night of the 11th of October, 1898. The death came from the breaking of a strung electric wire and the drop of one part on the person of the deceased, sending a live current through his body.. The main ground of negligence claimed was the suspension of the wire across-the Champlain canal upon poles too far apart, the distance being-about 160 feet, which naturally -…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Creed v. . HartmannNew York Court of Appeals · 1864
- Jones v. Union Railway Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1897
- Metropolitan National Bank v. ClaggettSupreme Court of the United States · 1891
- Thomas v. . HengesNew York Court of Appeals · 1892
- Goodrich v. RemingtonU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Northern New York · 1869
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