Boyd v. Portland Electric Co.
Oregon Supreme Court
From Multnomah: Arthur L. Frazer, Judge. This is an action against the Portland General Electric Co. for damages by a minor, through his father as guardian, predicated upon the same facts as Boyd v. Portland Elec. Co. reported in 40 Or. 126 (7 Am. Electl. Cas. 661, 66 Pac. 576), that being an action by the father on account of the same injury complained of here.
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From Multnomah: Arthur L. Frazer, Judge. This is an action against the Portland General Electric Co. for damages by a minor, through his father as guardian, predicated upon the same facts as Boyd v. Portland Elec. Co. reported in 40 Or. 126 (7 Am. Electl. Cas. 661, 66 Pac. 576), that being an action by the father on account of the same injury complained of here. The pleadings in the two cases differing somewhat, we will adopt the statement of the latter cause, with such modifications as are necessary to show the state of the pleadings in this. The defendant is a corporation engaged in…
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Justice "Wolvbrton,
after stating tbe facts, delivered the opinion of the court.
The plaintiff produced two witnesses, who testified that between 6 and 7 o’clock in the evening of the day before the accident occurred they saw flashes of light running along and coming from the wires between the poles where the fracture took place, and that it terminated in an electric explosion like a roman candle, emitting sparks in all directions, and with this the phenomenon ceased. Another witness saw flashes of light about 9 o’clock the same evening at the pole where one end of the wire hung suspended,…
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