Barto v. Iowa Telephone Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Woodbury District Court. — ■ HoN. Geo. W. "Wakefield, Judge. Appeal .from judgment for damages caused by a fall from a telephone pole. See 119 Iowa, 179.—
1Opinion of the Court
Ladd, J.—
On the 18th day of April, 1901, the plain*242tiff was employed as lineman by defendant and was engaged in stringing what are called “ lead offs,” being connections from the main line of telephone wires to residences or places of business of patrons. After ascertaining the wires with which to connect a laundry near the intersection of Court and Fourth streets he advised the wire chief, and was informed that a certain telephone was connected with a metallic circuit when it should have been a common return. In a metallic circuit two wires run all the way from the telephone to the central…
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- McGuire v. . Bell Telephone Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1901
- Anderson v. Inland Telephone & Telegraph Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1898
- McAdam v. Central Railway & Electric Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1896
- Trainor v. Phila. & R. R.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1890
- Chisholm v. New England Telephone & Telegraph Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1900
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- Olson v. Nebraska Telephone Co.Nebraska Supreme Court · 1909
- Heckert v. Central District & Printing Telegraph Co.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1913
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