Bush v. Cincinnati Traction Co.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western Division of the Southern District of Ohio. Action by John Bush against the Cincinnati Traction Company. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
KNAPPEN, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff in error brought suit on account of personal injuries incurred while employed by the defendant as a lineman. The accident causing the injuries happened in September, 1907, and in this way: The crew to which plaintiff belonged was engaged in putting in new cross or span wires supporting defendant’s trolley and other wires belonging to its street railway system on Seventh street in Cincinnati. A new span wire had just been placed in position, being attached at either end to bolts inserted in the brick walls of buildings on opposite sides of the street, and the…
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