Cumberland Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Lawrence
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Louisiana; Rufus E. Foster, Action at law by John II. Lawrence aiid wife against the Cumberland Telephone & Telegraph Company. Judgment for plaintiffs, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
WALKER, Circuit Judge.
This was an action by the defendants in error against plaintiff in error, Cumberland Telephone & Telegraph *90Company (herein called the defendant), to recover damages caused by the death of George Dewey Lawrence, which was attributed to- wrongful conduct of the defendant in so placing on a sidewalk in a public street in the city of Gretna, La., a galvanized guy wire of neutral tint, difficult to be seen by day, and not visible at night, with which the deceased’s person came in violent contact on the night of September 29, 1918, when he jumped across a gutter in crossing…
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