Snyder v. Mutual Telephone Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Polls District Court.— TIon. Hugh Brennan, Judge. Action by plaintiff, as administratrix of the estate of J. A. Snyder., deceased, to recover in behalf of the estate damages for the death of the intestate, caused by an electrical shock while working as a lineman for the Des Moines Edison Light Company, alleged to have resulted by reason of the negligence of defendant in having an uninsulated guy wire connecting the light company’s pole on which deceased was…
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Appeal from Polls District Court.— TIon. Hugh Brennan, Judge. Action by plaintiff, as administratrix of the estate of J. A. Snyder., deceased, to recover in behalf of the estate damages for the death of the intestate, caused by an electrical shock while working as a lineman for the Des Moines Edison Light Company, alleged to have resulted by reason of the negligence of defendant in having an uninsulated guy wire connecting the light company’s pole on which deceased was working at the time of his. death with a pole of the defendant. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff. Defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtMcClain, J.
The deceased was oue of a squad of employes of the Des Moines Edison light Company taken.out by the foreman in the afternoon of December 15, 1904, to do repair work on the lines of that company. They proceeded to a pole of the light company, where deceased, who was a lineman, was directed by the foreman to replace with a new one the fuse box on that pole, which had been .burned out and damaged beyond repair. One Talbott, as ground man, was directed to assist deceased, and the foreman, with the other men of the squad, went further along the street to attend to other repairs. The pole on which…
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- Tompkins v. Clay St. R.R.California Supreme Court · 1884
- Leddy v. BarneyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1885
- Turner v. HitchcockSupreme Court of Iowa · 1866
- Wagner v. PortlandOregon Supreme Court · 1902
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- State v. ClarkSupreme Court of Iowa · 1909
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