Hipple v. Edison Electric Illuminating Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 59, Jan. T., 1912, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Schuylkill Co., July T., 1909, No. 280, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Catharine Hippie v. The Edison Electric Illuminating Company of Pottsville. Trespass to recover damages for death of plaintiff’s husband. Before Brtjmm, J. At the trial it appeared that the deceased was killed on' June 25, 1908, while at work as a lineman of a telephone company.
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Appeal, No. 59, Jan. T., 1912, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Schuylkill Co., July T., 1909, No. 280, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Catharine Hippie v. The Edison Electric Illuminating Company of Pottsville. Trespass to recover damages for death of plaintiff’s husband. Before Brtjmm, J. At the trial it appeared that the deceased was killed on' June 25, 1908, while at work as a lineman of a telephone company. The circumstances of the accident are stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court. Defendant presented the following points: 1. The uncontradicted evidence in the case is that…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Brown,
In 1889 the defendant company erected a line of poles and wires on Norwegian street, in the Borough of Potts-ville, and eleven or twelve years later the United Telephone and Telegraph Company erected its poles and wires on the same street. In doing so it placed its poles between the wires of the defendant company and stretched its own wires above those of that company. George Hippie, the husband of the appellee, was an employee of the telephone company. On June 25, 1908, he was sent by it to repair its line of wires on Norwegian street, and it became necessary for…
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