Hafey v. Turners Falls Power & Electric Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Two actions of tort, by the administrator of the estate of Joseph Stefanik, late of Chicopee, for the causing of the death on May 18, 1919, of the intestate while he was on premises in the control of the defendant in the second action and was carrying a fishing pole which came in contact with an uninsulated wire maintained by the defendant in the first action.
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Two actions of tort, by the administrator of the estate of Joseph Stefanik, late of Chicopee, for the causing of the death on May 18, 1919, of the intestate while he was on premises in the control of the defendant in the second action and was carrying a fishing pole which came in contact with an uninsulated wire maintained by the defendant in the first action. Writs dated July 17, 1919, and August 4, 1919. In the Superior Court the actions were tried together before King, J. Material evidence and rulings of the judge upon matters, of evidence are described in the opinion. At the close of the…
1Opinion of the CourtCarroll, J.
The Dwight Manufacturing Company owned a large portion of a tract of land known as “Caleb’s Island,” situate in the Chicopee River, near its mill in Chicopee. Electric power was supplied this defendant by the Turners Falls Power and Electric Company (hereinafter called the Electric Company) by means of wires owned and maintained by it and strung across the island. The plaintiff’s intestate was killed while walking on the part of the island owned by the Dwight Manufacturing Company, when a steel fish pole carried on his shoulder came in contact with an uninsulated wire of the Electric Company,…
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