Blackburn v. Southwest Missouri Railroad
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from Jasper County Circuit Court, Division Number Two. — Hon. Da/uid E. Blair, Judge. (1) Highways are laid. out and dedicated for travel by the ordinary modes. No one has a right to move a house along a street except by permission of the municipal authorities.
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Appeal from Jasper County Circuit Court, Division Number Two. — Hon. Da/uid E. Blair, Judge. (1) Highways are laid. out and dedicated for travel by the ordinary modes. No one has a right to move a house along a street except by permission of the municipal authorities. Day v. Green, 4 Cush. 437; Crosswell on Electricity, sec. 569; Keasby on Electric Wires, Sec. 64; Fort Madison Street Railway Co. v. Hughes, 114 N. W. 10, 14 L. R. A., N. S. 448; Dickson v. Kewanee Electric Light & Motor Co., 53 111. App. 379; Telephone Co. v. Dexheimer, 14 N. J. L. 295; Telephone Exchange Co. v. Anderson, 12 N.…
1Opinion of the CourtFarrington, J.
This is an action to recover damages for personal injuries received by reason of the alleged negligence of the defendant company in failing to insulate certain electric wires which it is alleged to have maintained and controlled.
The defendant is a public service corporation operating a street railway in the city of Carterville and furnishing electricity, for compensation, to persons desiring to use the same along and near its line of railway. In the year 1905, it set' poles and strung wires *553along Elizabeth street and across Hall street, and these wires were connected with its feed wire and…
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