Roberts v. Missouri & Kansas Telephone Co.
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Buchanan Circuit Court. — Hon. W. K. James, Judge. (1) Under the evidence in this case, the accident to the plaintiff resulted from one of the hazards and perils ordinarily incident to his employment as lineman.
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Appeal from Buchanan Circuit Court. — Hon. W. K. James, Judge. (1) Under the evidence in this case, the accident to the plaintiff resulted from one of the hazards and perils ordinarily incident to his employment as lineman. Where a lineman, thirty-four years old and of many years experience in that calling, with full notice that numbers of the cross-arms on which he is working were unsafe, and, therefore, of the risk he was running in working upon them, voluntarily undertakes or continues in a hazardous employment of this character, or to place himself in hazardous positions, or to work with…
1Opinion of the CourtMarshall, J.
Action for $11,000 damages, for personal injuries received by the plaintiff on September 22, 1898, while in the employ of the defendant, as a lineman. Upon a trial, in the circuit court of Buchanan county, the plaintiff suffered a nonsuit with leave, which that court afterwards set aside, and from which ruling the defendant appealed.
The petition alleges that the defendant, as a part of its plant, has a lead or line of wires in the city of St. Joseph, running from the south part of Eleventh street to and through South Parle; that such wires are suspended by cross-arms, attached to poles, about…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Buesching v. St. Louis Gaslight Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1880
- Hudson v. Wabash Western Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1890
- Haven v. Missouri RailroadSupreme Court of Missouri · 1900
- Flood v. . Western Union Telegraph CompanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1892
- Schlereth v. Missouri Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1888
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3Cited by24 opinions
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- Lee v. St. Louis, Memphis & Southeastern RailroadMissouri Court of Appeals · 1905
- Henson v. Armour Packing Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1905
- Flack v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1920
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