Wetherby's Admr. v. Twin State Gas Co.
Supreme Court of Vermont
Casi for negligence. Plea, the general issue. Trial by jury at the September Term, 1908, Windham County, Miles, J., presiding. Verdict and judgment for the plaintiff. The defendant excepted. At the close of all the evidence the defendant moved for a directed verdict. Motion overruled, to which the defendant excepted. The opinion states the case.
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Casi for negligence. Plea, the general issue. Trial by jury at the September Term, 1908, Windham County, Miles, J., presiding. Verdict and judgment for the plaintiff. The defendant excepted. At the close of all the evidence the defendant moved for a directed verdict. Motion overruled, to which the defendant excepted. The opinion states the case. Defendant was bound only to exercise the care of a prudent man in the circumstances, and was not bound to render its property safe for any purpose for which it should not anticipate it would be used. Armstrong v. Medbury, 67 Mich. 250, 11 Am. St. Rep.…
1Opinion of the CourtHaselton, J.
The action is case, and was brought by the plaintiff as administrator of the estate of George Wetherby, deceased, to recover by virtue of P. S. 2839 and 2840, for the benefit of the next of kin of the intestate, the pecuniary damages suffered by them in consequence of his death claimed to have been caused by the wrongful neglect of the defendant. The case was tried by jury. Verdict and judgment were for the plaintiff. The defendant excepted.
The defendant owns an electric power plant at West Dummerston and transmits power therefrom into the village of Brattleboro over three wires. These wires…
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