Chernuka v. Philadelphia Electric Co.

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Linn,

Plaintiff appeals from judgment n. o. v. in her action brought to recover for the death of her husband. He came in contact with defendant’s high tension wire in circumstances which prevent recovery.

On the night of May 20, 1933, a storm broke a pole about a foot from the ground; after the pole fell the upper end rested on a cross-arm. The pole had a number of such cross-arms carrying wires which remained in place. The fall of this pole drew toward it the next pole (without bringing it down) causing the wires to sag. No wire in the vicinity of the fallen pole rested…