Mayor of Madison v. Thomas
Supreme Court of Georgia
Action for damages. Before Judge Lewis. Morgan superior court. December 29, 1906. J. Y, Thomas Jr., a minor, brought an action, through his next friend, a.gainst the City of Madison, to recover damages for, personal injuries. On the trial the evidence authorized the jury to find the following facts: The defendant operated an electric-light plant for lighting its streets and furnishing lights to its residents.
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Action for damages. Before Judge Lewis. Morgan superior court. December 29, 1906. J. Y, Thomas Jr., a minor, brought an action, through his next friend, a.gainst the City of Madison, to recover damages for, personal injuries. On the trial the evidence authorized the jury to find the following facts: The defendant operated an electric-light plant for lighting its streets and furnishing lights to its residents. Electric currents were transmitted through wires suspended on. poles along the streets. A glass insulating cuff, on a cross-arm of one of the poles, to which a wire was attached, was not…
1Opinion of the CourtFish, C. J.
(After stating the facts.)
1. One ground of the motion for a new trial is as follows r “Because the court erred in admitting in evidence, over movant’s objection, a cross-arm to an electric-light pole, one peg that is attached to such cross-arms, and a glass cuff which fits over such pegs; the objection to such evidence being that cross-arm and. cuff tendered were not the cross-arm or cuff that were 'on or attached to the pole from which the wire fell, and the peg objected to was not the peg on which was the cuff to which the fallen wire was attached.” In a note to this ground the trial judge…
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