Crosby v. Portland Ry. Co.
Oregon Supreme Court
From Multnomah: Calvin U. Gantenbein, Judge. Statement by Mr. Justice King. This is an action for personal injuries, alleged to have occurred about as follows: That defendant on and prior to July 12, 1906, was, and is, a corporation engaged in the business of running street cars propelled by electrical power; that, in order to move its cars, defendant maintained a number of overhead wires, one being on Grand avenue, in front of plaintiff’s home, which wire. the company…
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From Multnomah: Calvin U. Gantenbein, Judge. Statement by Mr. Justice King. This is an action for personal injuries, alleged to have occurred about as follows: That defendant on and prior to July 12, 1906, was, and is, a corporation engaged in the business of running street cars propelled by electrical power; that, in order to move its cars, defendant maintained a number of overhead wires, one being on Grand avenue, in front of plaintiff’s home, which wire. the company negligently and carelessly allowed to fall from its fastenings to and upon the avenue in a charged condition, thereby…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice King
The testimony tends to establish the following facts: Plaintiff at the time of the accident was twenty-two years of age, in good health, and residing on the west side of Grand avenue, in the City of Portland, and a little south of, and on the opposite side of the street from, Neustadter’s shirt factory, where she had been employed for about two years. On the morning of July 12, 1906, while crossing the avenue from her home to the factory, a trolley wire of the company, which had for some time been sagging, fell, striking plaintiff on the forehead, and, glancing down her face, struck her two…
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