Kennedy v. Western Union Telegraph Co.

Tbe first and second assignments of error are addressed to tbe question whether tbe defendant is entitled to a judgment of non-suit, and tbe seventh, eighth, and ninth, to tbe question whether upon all tbe evidence tbe court should have instructed tbe jury to answer tbe first issue against tbe plaintiff, tbe defendant insisting tbat tbe plaintiff bad supervision of tbe work and tbat it was bis duty to take such reasonable and available precaution for bis own safety as tbe dangerous character of tbe service required. Tbe defendant’s position conforms to tbe established rule. Hicks v. Mfg. Co.,…