Hoke v. Edison Light & Power Co.

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Sadler,

The defendant company operates a power plant in the City of York, and furnishes; electricity to a trolley line by wires, carrying a high voltage, which pass through conduits from a point near the roof of one of its structures. It became necessary to make certain repairs to the spouting of this building, and the decedent and his son were employed for the performance of the work. The cornice, and the spouting beyond, extended some fourteen inches; from the wall. Hoke undertook to secure the necessary appliances, and selected a ladder from the defendant’s stock-room,…