Wegner v. Kelley
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Sac District Court. — E. G. Alberts, Judge. Action for damages consequent on collision with telephone wire Avas tried, submitted to a jury, and a verdict returned for defendant, and judgment was entered thereon. The plaintiff appeals. —
1Opinion of the CourtLadd, J.
1. Telegraphs AND TELEPHONES : construction and maintenance: ingress and ogress for landowner. — Plaintiff, as tenant of his mother, Avas in possession of. the E% SE^ of Section 28, in Township 89 North, of Range 36 West of the 5th P. M., and the NE14 NE34 of Section 33 in the same tOAvnship. There were highways along the section lines each Avav, and a telephone line about 2 feet out from the Avest line of the north and south road. In the morning of July 1, 1914, plaintiff drove a team, hitched to wagon with hayrack on, from' the house, at the southeast corner of the 80 acres, along the road…
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