Legal Opinion
Tagle v. Jakob
New York Court of Appeals
Decided November 27, 2001PublishedCited by 212 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Rosenblatt, J.
Plaintiff was injured when he climbed a tree on defendant’s property and touched an electric transmission wire suspended through the tree. For reasons that follow, we conclude that his action against defendant must fail.
Defendant Donna Jakob owned property with a one-family house in the Town of Reading, Schuyler County. The rear 10 feet of the backyard was subject to an easement that co-defendant New York State Electric and Gas Co. (NYSEG) acquired in 1945. NYSEG maintains utility poles and uninsulated, overhead electric wires running approximately 25 feet…
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