Mentzer v. New England Telephone & Telegraph Co.

By these actions in contract or tort, compensation is sought for property damages by fire alleged to have resulted from failure of the defendant to perform its duty in respect to summoning the fire department of the town of Hudson. Certain questions submitted to the jury were answered in favor of the plaintiffs. Verdicts were directed for the defendant, and the cases reported on all the admissions and evidence material to the questions of law raised.

The jury could have found the following facts: . The plaintiff Francis G. Mentzer was a subscriber of the defendant on its telephone exchange in…