Chaperon v. Portland Electric Co.
Oregon Supreme Court
From Multnomah: Alfred F. Sears, Jr., Judge. This action was begun by Phillip Chaperon against the Portland General Electric Co. in a justice’s court, and taken to the circuit court on appeal.
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From Multnomah: Alfred F. Sears, Jr., Judge. This action was begun by Phillip Chaperon against the Portland General Electric Co. in a justice’s court, and taken to the circuit court on appeal. The defendant is, and was at the time of the accident complained of, engaged in maintaining and conducting upon College and other public streets in the City of Portland a system of poles, and wires extended thereon, for the transmission of electricity; and for cause of action it is alleged “that on the 1st of December, 1899, at about the hour of 3 o’clock a. m. of said day, the plaintiff! was, by and…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Wolverton
1. We have recently held, after a careful review of the authorities, that it is sufficient, in a declaration'upon negligence, to specify the particular act, the commission or omission of which caused the injury, conjoining with it a general averment that it was negligently and carelessly done, or omitted, and that it is unnecessary to go further, and particularize or point out the specific facts going to establish the negligence relied upon: Cederson v. Oregon Nav. Co. 38 Or. 343 (62 Pac. 637, 63 Pac. 763, 21 Am. & Eng. R. Cas. 624). The proposition has been still more recently sanctioned in…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Snyder v. Wheeling Electrical Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1897
- Boyd v. Portland Electric Co.Oregon Supreme Court · 1901
- Cederson v. Oregon Navigation Co.Oregon Supreme Court · 1900
- Baltimore City Passenger Ry. Co. v. NugentCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1897
- Uggla v. West End Street Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1894
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3Cited by28 opinions
- Sullivan v. Mountain States Power Co.Oregon Supreme Court · 1932
- Ritchie v. THOMASOregon Supreme Court · 1950
- Weinstein v. WheelerOregon Supreme Court · 1930
- Boyd v. Portland Electric Co.Oregon Supreme Court · 1902
- Gentzkow v. Portland Railway Co.Oregon Supreme Court · 1909
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