Sykes v. Village of Portland

This is an appeal from a judgment recovered by the appellee, as administrator of the estate of John Sykes, Jr., deceased, against the appellants, the village of Portland and the Citizens’ Telephone Company, for wrongfully causing the death of his son, said John Sykes, Jr.

The defendant the village of Portland has since 1896 maintained and operated an electric lighting *292plant, which is used both for municipal lighting and for furnishing light to private consumers. Prior to 1902 it had erected its wires along Brush street, an east and west street in said village. Crossing Brush street at…