Turton v. Powelton Electric Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 301, Jan. T., 1897, by Powelton Electric Company, one of the defendants, from judgment of C. P. No. 1, Phila. Co., Dec. T., 1895, No. 906, on verdict for plaintiff. Trespass for personal injuries. Before Biddle, P. J. At the trial it appeared that on March 20, 1895, plaintiff received a violent electric shock by coming in contact with a guy wire in the yard of her residence in Philadelphia.
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Appeal, No. 301, Jan. T., 1897, by Powelton Electric Company, one of the defendants, from judgment of C. P. No. 1, Phila. Co., Dec. T., 1895, No. 906, on verdict for plaintiff. Trespass for personal injuries. Before Biddle, P. J. At the trial it appeared that on March 20, 1895, plaintiff received a violent electric shock by coming in contact with a guy wire in the yard of her residence in Philadelphia. The guy wire in question was used to support a pole belonging to the Postal Telegraph Cable Company, and extended across plaintiff’s yard to an adjoining building. The evidence tended to show…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mb. Chief Justice Stebbett,
This action against the Powelton Electric Company, appellant, and the Postal Telegraph Cable Company, as joint tort feasors, was brought to recover damages for personal injuries to the plaintiff, alleged to have been caused by an electric current negligently brought in contact with her person by one .or both of the defendant companies. When the testimony was all introduced, the learned trial judge directed a verdict in favor of the Postal Telegraph Cable Company, and submitted to the jury the question of appellant company’s liability under all the…
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