Lynch v. Saginaw Valley Traction Co.
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Saginaw; Gage (Chauncey EL), J. Case by Edward Lynch against the Saginaw Valley Traction Company for personal injuries. There was judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtHooker, J.
The plaintiff was injured by reason of the fall of a pole while at work thereon for the defendant. He recovered a judgment of $500 for injuries sustained, and the defendant has appealed. The pole was one of 8,500 or more set about 15 years before the accident, to carry the span wires supporting the trolley wire of an electric railway. They were set at the time the road was constructed by the defendant’s vendor. The negligence complained of is a failure to inspect.
The accident occurred under the following circumstances : The foreman of the line crew directed the plaintiff and others of the…
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