Crockett v. Black Wolf C. & C. Co.
West Virginia Supreme Court
Error to Circuit Court, McDowell County. Action by J. M. Crockett, administrator, etc., against the Black Wolf Coal & Coke Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
POFEENBARGER, JUDGE:
The death for which recovery was had in this case, as one wrongfully occasioned by the defendant, resulted from the use of a trolley wire in the operation of an electric motor, after it had been detached from the hanger, by the breaking of a clip, and re-attached by a fellow servant of the decedent, in an unskilful and improper way, in consequence whereof the trolley jumped off at that point and the wire itself *327coming into contact with the motorman, fatally shocked and burned him.
A basic question in the case is, whether the duty of maintenance of the safety of the wire, it…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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- Reeves v. RossWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1907
- Virginia & North Carolina Wheel Co. v. HarrisSupreme Court of Virginia · 1905
- Charleston & Western Car. Ry. Co. v. ReynoldsSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1904
- Squilache v. Tidewater Coal & Coke Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1908
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