Ryan v. Oshkosh Gas Light Co.
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Winnebago county: Geo. W. BubNell, Circuit Judge. This action was brought to recover damages for the pecuniary value of the life of the plaintiff’s intestate, who was killed by an electric current charged to have been negligently permitted to pass over defendant’s wires to a certain guy wire with which intestate came in contact. The answer denied liability.
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Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Winnebago county: Geo. W. BubNell, Circuit Judge. This action was brought to recover damages for the pecuniary value of the life of the plaintiff’s intestate, who was killed by an electric current charged to have been negligently permitted to pass over defendant’s wires to a certain guy wire with which intestate came in contact. The answer denied liability. The jury returned the following verdict: “(1) Was the defendant guilty of negligence in permitting the said guy wire, at the point where the said Dennis H. Ryan came in contact therewith, to…
1Opinion of the CourtKerwin, J.
At the time of the injury and for many years prior thereto the defendant was engaged in furnishing electricity to the city of Oshkosh and its inhabitants, and for *469such purpose maintained poles, wires, and equipments in tbe streets. At tbe point where Regent street in said city connects with Northwestern avenue was maintained an are lamp •supported by a span wire, each end of which was attached to a pole about thirty feet from the ground. This lamp, which hung over the center of Northwestern avenue, was fastened to the span wire by a metal interlocking device, which was attached to a wire…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Haynes v. Kaleigh Gas Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1894
- Bright v. Barnett & Record Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1894
- Lawson v. Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1885
- Home Telephone Co. v. FieldsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1907
- Norfolk Railway & Light Co. v. SpratleySupreme Court of Virginia · 1905
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- Lomoe v. Superior Water, Light & Power Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1911
- Boucher v. Wisconsin Central Railway Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1909
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