Williams v. Louisiana Electric Light & Power Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL from the Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans. Voorhies, J. 1. In the use of a franchise to erect and maintain poles and string wires along the public streets, the grantee is bound to comply strictly with its contract obligations, as to size and quality of poles and height of wires, and in method of erection, construction and maintenance; to use every precaution that prudence and foresight could suggest to make the structure safe to the people using the…
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APPEAL from the Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans. Voorhies, J. 1. In the use of a franchise to erect and maintain poles and string wires along the public streets, the grantee is bound to comply strictly with its contract obligations, as to size and quality of poles and height of wires, and in method of erection, construction and maintenance; to use every precaution that prudence and foresight could suggest to make the structure safe to the people using the streets, and when its contract, as well as ordinary prudence, require the poles to he of heart sound timber, not less than…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Breaux, J.
The pleadings disclose that plaintiff, a drayman, sues the defendant for damages to the amount of $20,000.
He avers that the defendant company had at the intersection of Magazine and Erato streets an electric light crane and wire, which obstructed the use of those streets, as they were swung so low as to be dangerous to passengers; that on October 12, 1889, while he was engaged in hauling, although diligent, he came in contact with the electric light crane, and by reason of its defective and negligent construction of this wire and crane, and…
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