Johnson v. Northwestern Tel. Exch. Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by plaintiff, August Johnson, from an order of the district court of Hennepin county, Smith, J., made August 4, 1891, refusing a new trial. The defendant, the Northwestern Telephone Exchange Company, erected poles with cross arms, and strung its telephone wires thereon, in Central avenue, a public street in the business portion of East Minneapolis. One of the poles, bearing about 100 wires, stood at a curve in the street.
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Appeal by plaintiff, August Johnson, from an order of the district court of Hennepin county, Smith, J., made August 4, 1891, refusing a new trial. The defendant, the Northwestern Telephone Exchange Company, erected poles with cross arms, and strung its telephone wires thereon, in Central avenue, a public street in the business portion of East Minneapolis. One of the poles, bearing about 100 wires, stood at a curve in the street. The plaintiff’s evidence tended to show that this pole had become rotten, and had not sufficient strength to withstand the weight and stress of these wires. The…
1Opinion of the CourtGileillan, C. J.
Action for an injury caused by the falling in a street in Minneapolis of one of the poles of the defendant, on which were suspended its line wires, which fall was, as is alleged, due to the rotten and unsound condition of the pole, (permitted to be so by defendant’s negligence,) rendering it of insufficient strength to bear the weight of the wires suspended upon it. At the close of the evidence the court below directed a verdict for the defendant. Upon an examination of the evidence we can see no reason for the direction, (and none is suggested by the respondent,) except the assumption that…
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