Eagle Hose Co. v. Electric Light Co.
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 21, Jan. T., 1907, by plaintiff, from order of C. P. Lackawanna Co., Jan. T., 1904, No. 414, refusing to take off nonsuit in case of Eagle Hose Company No. 1 of Priceburg v. Priceburg Electric Light Company. Trespass to recover damages for death of a horse. Before Newcomb,'!. The fact are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. Error assigned was refusal to take off nonsuit.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Orlady, J.,
On March 6, 1903, in response to a fire alarm signal given through the defendant company’s plant, the plaintiff responded to the call by taking a number of its members on its hose truck, drawn-by two horses, to a three-story frame hotel building then on fire in the near vicinity. On their arrival they passed along the public street under an electric arc lamp, which was then hanging in its place suspended on a mast or arm nine feet long and attached to a pole, placed on the opposite side of the street and forty feet distant from the building on fire. After passing a short…
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- Koelsch v. Philadelphia Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1893
- Daltry v. Media Electric Light, Heat & Power Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1904
- Burrell Township v. UncapherSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1887
- Heh v. Consolidated Gas Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1902
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