Weir v. Haverford Electric Light Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 214, Jan. T., 1907, by defendant, from judgment of O. P. No. 2, Phila. Co'., Dee. T., 1902, No. 3,265, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Lizzie C. Weir v. Haverford Electric Light Company. Trespass to recover damages for death of plaintiff’s husband. Before Sulzberger, J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court. Yerdict for plaintiff for $12,000, upon which judgment was entered for $8,500, all above that amount having been remitted.
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Appeal, No. 214, Jan. T., 1907, by defendant, from judgment of O. P. No. 2, Phila. Co'., Dee. T., 1902, No. 3,265, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Lizzie C. Weir v. Haverford Electric Light Company. Trespass to recover damages for death of plaintiff’s husband. Before Sulzberger, J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court. Yerdict for plaintiff for $12,000, upon which judgment was entered for $8,500, all above that amount having been remitted. Defendant appealed. Errors assigned were (1) in refusing binding instructions for defendant, and (5) in charging as follows : “ To…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Fell,
The testimony on which the plaintiff relied to establish negligence on the part of the defendant was this: The defendant, in order to furnish electricity for lighting a dwelling house in a rural district, extended two wires from the top of a pole thirty feet high to a transformer which was fastened to the side of a tank house that was on the top of the dwelling. The pole was on the bank of a country road nearest the dwelling and the wires were 120 feet in length and were suspended thirty feet from the ground over private property. They were from four to six inches…
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