Perry v. Ohio Valley Electhic Ry. Co.
West Virginia Supreme Court
Error to Circuit Court, Cabell County. Action by John W. Perry, administrator, etc., against the Ohio Valley Electric Eailway Company. From judgment for plaintiff, defendant brings error. ■
1Opinion of the Court
WilliaMs, Judge:
Trespass on the case by the administrator of Clifford E. Dug-ger, deceased, to recover damages for his unlawful death, alleged to have been caused by defendant’s negligence. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff for $7,500, and defendant was awarded a writ of error.
Deceased was in the service of defendant as foreman of a gang of men engaged in erecting electric poles. Two methods are commonly employed in raising them. One is to lift them by means of spike-poles, and the other is, if they are being erected to take the place of old ones, to hoist them with block and tackle attached *284…
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- Benzing v. . Steinway and SonsNew York Court of Appeals · 1886
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- Edward Hines Lumber Co. v. LigasIllinois Supreme Court · 1898
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