MacDonald v. Edison Electric Illuminating Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Tort for the death of the plaintiff’s intestate, Terrence Redmond, alleged to have been caused by his coming in contact with an electric wire of the defendant which it negligently had permitted to be improperly insulated.
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Tort for the death of the plaintiff’s intestate, Terrence Redmond, alleged to have been caused by his coming in contact with an electric wire of the defendant which it negligently had permitted to be improperly insulated. Writ dated September 11, 1906. In the Superior Court the case was tried before Sherman, J. There was evidence tending to show the following facts: Redmond, when killed, was, in the course of his duties as an employee of the New England Telephone and Telegraph Company, upon a pole which had four crossarms, the highest being occupied by fire alarm wires, the second and third…
1Opinion of the CourtMorton, J.
This is an action of tort to recover for the death of the plaintiff’s intestate alleged to have been caused by the defendant’s negligence at Canton on July 16,1906. At the close of the plaintiff’s evidence .the trial judge directed a verdict for the defendant and reported the case with the stipulation, agreed to by the parties, that if the ruling was wrong judgment should be entered for the plaintiff for $2,500, otherwise, for the defendant. Certain evidence was introduced at the trial subject to the defendant’s exceptions, and is contained in the report. In regard to that the report has the…
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