Free v. Home Telephone Co.
Indiana Court of Appeals
From Steuben Circuit Court; Dan M. Link, Judge. Action by Clem L. Free against the Home Telephone Company. From a judgment for defendant, the plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtCaldwell, J.
While appellant, as appellee’s em*11ploye, was engaged in dismantling one of appellee’s telephone lines, and specifically while endeavoring to remove a line of wire from its attachment to a certain pole which he had ascended for that purpose, the pole broke, precipitating appellant to the ground, whereby .he suffered serious injuries. This action was brought by him to recover damages on account of such injuries. A trial resulted in a verdict for appellee, on which judgment was rendered and from which this appeal is prosecuted.
Appellant assigns as error the overruling of his motion for a new…
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