Young v. City of Fairfield
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action in case for death caused by alleged wrongful act. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Wayne county; the Hon. Jacob R. Creighton, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the March term, 1912.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McBride
This is an appeal from the Circuit Court of Wayne county to reverse a judgment of nine hundred dollars rendered against the appellant.
The declaration in this ease alleges that the appellant was operating an electric light plant within its corporate limits for the purpose of lighting the public streets of said city, and that in the operation of its said plant it was possessed of and using certain poles, wires, cables, metal rings, hooks, electric arc lamps and appliances in and along its streets and alleys, and that it was the duty of the appellant to keep its said wires properly insulated and…
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- Pointon v. St. Louis, A. & T. H. R. R. Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1900
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