A. M. Richards Building Moving Co. v. Boston Electric Light Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Contract for $150 deposited by the plaintiff with the defendant to cover the cost incurred by the defendant in cutting, removing and replacing the electric light wires of the defendant in a certain part of A Street in that part of Boston called South Boston, for the purpose of allowing the plaintiff to move a building through that street under a permit obtained from the proper authorities of the city of Boston.
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Contract for $150 deposited by the plaintiff with the defendant to cover the cost incurred by the defendant in cutting, removing and replacing the electric light wires of the defendant in a certain part of A Street in that part of Boston called South Boston, for the purpose of allowing the plaintiff to move a building through that street under a permit obtained from the proper authorities of the city of Boston. Writ dated May 18,1899. In the Superior Court the case was tried before Hardy, J., without a jury. It appeared that the defendant had refused to turn off its electric current in order…
1Opinion of the CourtLathrop, J.
The only question in this case which has been argued is whether the Pub. Sts. c. 109, § 17, as extended by the St. of 1883, c. 221, applies to electric light companies, and we are of opinion that it does.
The Pub. Sts. c. 109, applies only to the transmission of intelligence by electricity; and § 17 reads as follows: “ Whoever in order to move a building or for any necessary purpose desires to cut, disconnect, or remove the wires of any such company, may do so, exercising reasonable care, if he has first left a written statement signed by him, of the time when and the place described by…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Hector v. Boston Electric Light Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1894
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- Constantino v. Massachusetts Electric Co.Massachusetts District Court, Appellate Division · 1983
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