Rochester Gas & Electric Corp. v. Dunlop

In July, 1931, the plaintiff was the owner of an electric transmission line, crossing through the town of Brighton, at the intersection of the Barge canal with the East Henrietta road, so called. This line was carried on steel towers, fifty feet high. On the fourteenth day of the month, at'about ten o’clock at night, the defendant, who was flying an aeroplane in the vicinity, crashed against the tower, bending it over and damaging it to the amount, as claimed, of $545, to recover which this action was brought, plaintiff alleging, in two separate counts, negligence and trespass. The defendant…