Devlin v. Beacon Light Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 75, Jan. T., 1901, by-defendant, from judgment of C. P. Delaware Co., Deo. T., 1897, No. 25, on verdict for plaintiff, in case of Sarah K. Devlin, a minor, by her next friend, James K. Devlin and James K. Devlin and Sarah Devlin, his Wife, v. Beacon Light Company. Trespass for personal injuries. Before Hemphill, P. J., specially presiding.
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Appeal, No. 75, Jan. T., 1901, by-defendant, from judgment of C. P. Delaware Co., Deo. T., 1897, No. 25, on verdict for plaintiff, in case of Sarah K. Devlin, a minor, by her next friend, James K. Devlin and James K. Devlin and Sarah Devlin, his Wife, v. Beacon Light Company. Trespass for personal injuries. Before Hemphill, P. J., specially presiding. The case was previously reported in 192 Pa. 188. At the trial it appeared that plaintiff, Sarah K. Devlin, was injured on February 9, 1897, by stepping on a live wire which defendant’s workmen had permitted to lie upon the pavement of a main…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mb. Justice Fell,
When this case was here before, it was decided (1) that proof by the plaintiffs that the defendant’s workmen had allowed a wire charged with electricity to lie on the pavement of a main street without warning to those who passed by, established prima facie a case of negligence; (2) that a nonsuit should not have been entered on the ground that the plaintiff saw, or should have seen, the wire as she stepped from the crossing to the pavement, and was to be charged with contributory negligence in not avoiding the danger: Devlin v. Beacon Light Co., 192 Pa. 188. *585The…
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