Delahunt v. United Telephone & Telegraph Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 142, Jan. T., 1905, by-defendant, from judgment of C. P. Delaware Co., March T., 1903, No. 63, on verdict for plaintiffs in case of Edward N. Delahunt and Margaret L. Delahunt by their next friend, Mary G. Lenny, v. United Telephone & Telegraph Company. Trespass to recover damages for death of plaintiff’s father. Before Ralston, J., specially presiding. The circumstances of the accident are stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court.
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Appeal, No. 142, Jan. T., 1905, by-defendant, from judgment of C. P. Delaware Co., March T., 1903, No. 63, on verdict for plaintiffs in case of Edward N. Delahunt and Margaret L. Delahunt by their next friend, Mary G. Lenny, v. United Telephone & Telegraph Company. Trespass to recover damages for death of plaintiff’s father. Before Ralston, J., specially presiding. The circumstances of the accident are stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court. At the trial Mary G. Lenny was asked this question: “ Q. How is Margaret as to being in possession of all her faculties ? ” Mr. Geary: That is…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Brown,
The father of the appellees was a patron of the appellant. During the month of February, 1902, there was a severe storm, and the connection of his telephone with the exchange was broken. This disconnection continued for some weeks, and, *246according to the theory of the appellant, which seems to be accepted as correct, the telephone was not connected with the exchange at the time the decedent was shocked to death in taking hold of the transmitter. The allegation of the appellees, as set forth in their statement, is that the appellant, “ by its careless and negligent…
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