Edmundson v. Monongahela Light & Power Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 81, Oct. T., 1908, by-plaintiff, from order of C. P. No. 1, Allegheny Co., Sept. T., 1902, No. 834, refusing to take off nonsuit in case of Levi H. Edmundson v. Monongahela Light & Power Company. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Brown, J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court. The court entered a compulsory nonsuit which it subsequently refused to take off. Error assigned was in refusing to take off nonsuit.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Stewart,
The plaintiff received his injuries by coming in contact with a heavily charged piece of .machinery in the transformer room of the defendant's power plant, where he had gone with a view to purchase some old sheet iron or junk which a day or two previous he had seen stacked somewhere in the yard. He had not learned through any public announcement made by the company, nor through anyone competent to speak for it, that this material was for sale. Inquiring of some workmen whom he saw employed about the place, he was told that if he wanted to do business, he would…
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