Legal Opinion
Lydon v. Edison Electric Illuminating Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided September 5, 1911PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMorton, J.
While at work in the employ of the town of Winchester, destroying gypsy and brown tail moths in a tree at the corner of Mount Pleasant Street and Highland Avenue in that town, the plaintiff’s intestate was instantly killed by reason of his left hand coming in contact, at a place where the insulation had been worn off, with an electric light wire running through the tree, and maintained by the defendant. This is an action under R. L. c. 171, § 2, as amended by St. 1907, c. 375, to recover damages for his death. There was a verdict for the plaintiff and the case is here on exceptions by the…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Prince v. Lowell Electric Light Corp.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1909
- French v. SabinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1909
- Garant v. CashmanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1903
- Horne v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1910
- MacDonald v. Edison Electric Illuminating Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1911
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Ellis v. EllisonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1931
- Philbin v. Marlborough Electric Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1914
- Ridge v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1913
- McCulloch v. Inhabitants of NeedhamMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1914
- Chester v. W. A. Murtfeldt Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1914
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