Tucker v. Haverhill Electric Co.

These are actions of tort wherein the plaintiffs seek to recover damages for personal injuries caused by an explosion in a manhole in a sidewalk on Merrimack Street, in Haverhill, containing electrical apparatus of the defendant. The plaintiffs were upon the sidewalk in proximity to the manhole when its cover was thrown up by the explosion, and they were injured. The defendant owned the manhole, and maintained and operated therein certain electrical wires and appliances, and two transformers. It was not contended that the manhole was illegally located in the sidewalk or that there was…