Coan v. Public Service Electric & Gas Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Gummere, Chief Justice.

These two cases were tried together in the court below, and have been argued as one before us.

The following are the undisputed facts in the case: The plaintiff Coan was riding in an automobile driven by the plaintiff Hilliard along Collings avenue, in the city of Camden, on the evening of September 5th, 1926. The automobile collided with an electric light pole of the defendant company, which was near a bridge crossing Newtown creek, 'and both of the plaintiffs were injured. This pole was erected in the roadway; in other words, in…