Legal Opinion
Wilks v. New York Telephone Co.
New York Court of Appeals
Decided July 9, 1926PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLehman, J.
The plaintiff’s intestate, Joseph Wilks, was killed on November 30th, 1918, by accidental contact with a telephone wire. The wire had been strung, a number of years before the accident, across the premises occupied by the decedent from the roof of a building known as the Sherwood Building to a point beyond some railway tracks on the other side of the decedent’s premises. The wire broke during a windstorm. The fallen wire was originally erected and owned by the Federal Telephone and Telegraph Company. That company had transferred to the New York Telephone Company all its wires and • equipment…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Missouri Pacific Railroad v. AultSupreme Court of the United States · 1921
- Junkermann v. . Tilyou Realty Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1915
- Timlin v. Standard Oil Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1891
- The Mayor, C. of Albany v. . CunliffNew York Court of Appeals · 1849
- Waggoner v. JermaineNew York Supreme Court · 1846
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3Cited by13 opinions
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- Brown v. Welsbach Corp.New York Court of Appeals · 1950
- Manley v. New York Telephone Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1951
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