Beck v. Monmouth Lumber Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Wachenfeld, J.

This action was instituted to recover damages for the death of Harry Beck, killed upon contact with electric wires of the Public Service Electric and Gas Company, hereinafter called “power company,” while repairing a crane of the Monmouth Lumber Company, hereinafter called “lumber company.” The appeal is taken by both defendants from a judgment of $35,000 entered against them.

The lumber company owns a tract of land 100 feet wide and 400 feet long in open country where it operates a hopper for the mixing of concrete. A mobile crane with a…