Gagnon v. St. Maries Light & Power Co.
Idaho Supreme Court
APPEAL from the District Court of the Eighth Judicial District for Kootenai County. Hon. R. N. Dunn, Judge. Action for damages for personal injury received by plaintiff while in the employ of an independent contractor. Demurrer to complaint sustained. The authorities cited by counsel are mentioned in the opinion infra.
1Opinion of the CourtAilshie, C. J.
The complaint in this action, after setting forth the corporate capacity of the defendant, alleges that at the times mentioned it was operating an electric lighting and power plant and engaged in furnishing electric light and power in the vicinity of the city of St. Maries; that for such purpose it maintained a frame building in said city which it used for a transformer station and office, with which were connected transmission wires carrying a load of about 2,200 volts of electricity; that these wires entered the building about three feet below the eaves; “that at the point where said wires…
2Cases cited30 opinions
- Coughtry v. . Globe Woolen Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1874
- Samuelson v. Cleveland Iron Mining Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1882
- Bright v. Barnett & Record Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1894
- Stevens v. United Gas & Electric Co.Supreme Court of New Hampshire · 1905
- Clark v. St. Louis & Suburban Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1911
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3Cited by29 opinions
- State v. HoskinsIdaho Supreme Court · 2019
- Ferguson v. KochCalifornia Supreme Court · 1928
- MacLeod v. StelleIdaho Supreme Court · 1926
- Dobbie v. Pacific Gas & Electric Co.California Court of Appeal · 1928
- Ellis v. Ashton & St. Anthony Power Co.Idaho Supreme Court · 1925
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