Hector v. Boston Electric Light Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Tort, for personal injuries occasioned to the plaintiff from contact with a wire through which an alternating electric current was being transmitted.
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Tort, for personal injuries occasioned to the plaintiff from contact with a wire through which an alternating electric current was being transmitted. The first count of the declaration alleged that the defendant was a corporation engaged in the business of furnishing artificial light and power by means of electricity, and that for the purpose of transmission and distribution of the same it maintained lines of wire attached for their support to standards, posts, or poles erected upon buildings, that on March 10, 1890, such a wire was strung by the defendant over a building numbered 41 on…
1Opinion of the CourtField, C. J.
The exceptions in this case as amended were allowed by the presiding justice of the Superior Court, if it was within his authority and discretion to allow them, otherwise they were disallowed. The original draft of the exceptions was filed on February 20, 1892, within the time allowed. In *560April following the counsel of both parties were heard upon the allowance of the exceptions. The plaintiff’s counsel then asked that they be disallowed, which the justice at that time declined to do, but he suggested that the counsel confer together, and that the plaintiff’s counsel point out what changes…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Morse v. WoodworthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1892
- Lothrop v. Fitchburg RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1890
- Perry v. BreedMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1875
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- Vigeant v. Postal Telegraph Cable Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1927
- Perham v. Portland Electric Co.Oregon Supreme Court · 1898
- Musolf v. Duluth Edison Electric Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1909
- Griffin v. United Electric Light Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1895
- Boutlier v. City of MaldenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1917
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