Griffith v. New England Telephone & Telegraph Co.
Supreme Court of Vermont
Case, brought by the plaintiff as administrator of the estate-of Dr. Royal T. Sawyer, deceased, to recover the pecuniary damages suffered by his next of kin in consequence of his death, claimed to have been caused by the wrongful act, neglect or default of the defendant. Plea, the general issue. Trial by jury Rutland County, September Term, 1899, Taft, C. J., presiding. Yerdict and judgment for the plaintiff. The defendant excepted.
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Case, brought by the plaintiff as administrator of the estate-of Dr. Royal T. Sawyer, deceased, to recover the pecuniary damages suffered by his next of kin in consequence of his death, claimed to have been caused by the wrongful act, neglect or default of the defendant. Plea, the general issue. Trial by jury Rutland County, September Term, 1899, Taft, C. J., presiding. Yerdict and judgment for the plaintiff. The defendant excepted. At the close of the evidence the defendant moved the court to direct a verdict in its favor. This motion was overruled. The grounds of the motion as summarized by…
1Opinion of the CourtStart, J.
The evidence tended to show that the plaintiff’s intestate, Dr. Sawyer, was killed by lightning while sitting in his house, under a telephone instrument owned by the defendant and by the defendant there placed, maintained and connected with its telephone line and instruments under a contract to do so for a stipulated rent to be paid by the deceased. The plaintiff claims that the lightning came to and entered the house over the defendant’s telephone wire; that the defendant was negligent in that it did not provide and maintain, in connection with its wires and instruments, any appliance to…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Griffin v. United Electric Light Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1895
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- Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. v. McAdooSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1928
- Warren v. Missouri & Kansas Telephone Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1917
- Columbus Railroad v. KitchensSupreme Court of Georgia · 1914
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