Orr v. Southern Bell Telephone Co.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
ActioN by J. S. L. Orr against tbe Southern Bell Telephone Company and others, heard by Judge H. B. Starbuck and a jury, at March Term, 1902, of the Superior Court of Meoelenbueg County. Erom a judgment for the defendant, the plaintiff appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtFurches, C. J.
This action is brought to recover damages for injuries received in taking down, a telephone pole, caused by the negligence of the defendant. The evidence discloses the fact that one Wood was the superintendent of the defendant in charge of this work; that on the morning the plaintiff was injured he came up town to work on another job and Mr. Wood told him, “You can drop off from your work; I want you to go out with Purtle on the long-distance telephone line.” The tools and appliances necessary for such work were in the tool-house of the defendant locked up, and Wood had the key. He unlocked…
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