Campbell v. Delaware & Atlantic Telegraph & Telephone Co.

There is-sufficient evidence in this case to support a finding that the stringing of telephone wires was being done, by the employes of the defendant company. The question of the negligence of the persons handling the reel, and the question of the contributory negligence of the plaintiff, were for the jury, not for the court, to determine. The motion to nonsuit was therefore properly denied.

Our examination of the testimony does not satisfy us that the verdict is against the preponderance of the evidence. The jury -saw and heard the witnesses and determined what credit should be given to each…