State Ex Rel. Stansfield v. Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co.
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Baltimore City Court. (Bond, J.) The-facts are stated in the opinion of the Court.
1Opinion of the CourtUrner, J.
The appeal in this case is from a judgment entered on demurrer to a declaration which alleges in substance that the defendant companies maintained in one of the highways of Howard county, passing through Ellicott City, a series of poles supporting wires carrying electric current used for telephone and lighting purposes, and that one of the poles was located in front of the dwelling occupied by Harry Stansfield and his family; that projecting from this pole were iron spikes adapted and intended by the defendants for use in ascending the poles, and that the spikes, being conveniently arranged…
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- Purtell v. Philadelphia & Reading Coal & Iron Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1912
- Heskell v. Auburn Light, Heat & Power Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1913
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