Burroughs v. Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co.

Nothing renders this case difficult, unless it be a misunderstanding of the real facts.

That George W. Burroughs, a child six years of age, sustained an injury, resulting in a fracture of the bones of his right hand, is not disputed. It is also an established fact that the injury was produced by reason of a telephone pole rolling upon the child’s hand.

The plaintiff charged — ■

“That said defendant carelessly and negligently placed said pole on a hill or declivity, where children were playing and were apt to come in contact with the same * *, and carelessly and negligently failed to block or…