Blust v. Pacific Telephone Co.
Oregon Supreme Court
From Multnomah: Alfred F. Sears, Jr., Judge. John A. Blust appeals from a judgment of nonsuit in an action for damages brought by him against the Pacific States Telephone & Telegraph Co.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Bean
This is an action to recover damages for a personal injury received by the plaintiff while in the employ of the defendant. On October 13, 1903, he was engaged with other employees in putting up a telephone cable in the City of Portland, and while at work was knocked or thrown from the pole upon which he *35was working to tbe ground by tbe cable falling and striking him. The cable was about 1,000 feet long, and consisted of 100 pairs of copper wires incased in a sheathing of lead, and weighed from two to three pounds to the linear foot. It was brought to the place of work wound on a reel, and the…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Indiana Car Co. v. ParkerIndiana Supreme Court · 1885
- St. Louis Cordage Co. v. MillerCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1903
- Wagner v. PortlandOregon Supreme Court · 1902
- Brown v. Oregon Lumber Co.Oregon Supreme Court · 1893
- Nutt v. Southern Pacific Co.Oregon Supreme Court · 1894
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- Brundage v. Southern Pac. Co.Oregon Supreme Court · 1918
- Cox v. Al Peirce Lumber Co.Oregon Supreme Court · 1965
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