French v. Sabin
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Tort for the death of the plaintiff’s intestate. Writ in the Superior Court for the county of Norfolk dated January 4,1906. The case was tried before Dana, J. It appeared that the plaintiff’s intestate, at the time when he met his death, was the manager of the telephone exchange of the New England Telephone and Telegraph Company at Randolph. Other facts are stated in the opinion.
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Tort for the death of the plaintiff’s intestate. Writ in the Superior Court for the county of Norfolk dated January 4,1906. The case was tried before Dana, J. It appeared that the plaintiff’s intestate, at the time when he met his death, was the manager of the telephone exchange of the New England Telephone and Telegraph Company at Randolph. Other facts are stated in the opinion. At the close of the plaintiff’s evidence the presiding judge ordered a verdict for the defendant; and the plaintiff alleged exceptions.
1Opinion of the Court
Erale?, J.
The accident causing the injury and death of the plaintiff’s intestate resulted from an electrical shock, received while he was adjusting a telephone wire connecting the house of a subscriber with the main line. If it be assumed that there was evidence of the defendant’s negligence arising from the defective insulation of the electric lighting wires with which the decedent while at work came in contact, the plaintiff was bound to offer some evidence from which the jury could find that his intestate was in the exercise of due care. In substance the evidence when examined tended to…
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