Lincoln Street Railway Co. v. Cox
Nebraska Supreme Court
Error from tbe district court of Lancaster county. Tried below before Strode, J. Beferences: Kraatz v. Brush Electric Light Co., 82 Mich., 457; United States Illuminating Co. -v. Grant, 55 Hun [N. Y.], 222; United States Electric R. Co. v. Shelton, 14 S. W. Bep. [Tenn.], 863; Perry v. Marsh, 25 Ala., 659; Grizzle v. Frost, 3 Fost. & Fin. [Eng.], 622; Union Pacific R. Co. v. Fort, 17 Wall. [U. S.], 553; 2 Thompson, Negligence, p. 975; Lincoln Rapid Transit Co. v. Nichols, 37…
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Error from tbe district court of Lancaster county. Tried below before Strode, J. Beferences: Kraatz v. Brush Electric Light Co., 82 Mich., 457; United States Illuminating Co. -v. Grant, 55 Hun [N. Y.], 222; United States Electric R. Co. v. Shelton, 14 S. W. Bep. [Tenn.], 863; Perry v. Marsh, 25 Ala., 659; Grizzle v. Frost, 3 Fost. & Fin. [Eng.], 622; Union Pacific R. Co. v. Fort, 17 Wall. [U. S.], 553; 2 Thompson, Negligence, p. 975; Lincoln Rapid Transit Co. v. Nichols, 37 Neb., 333; Filer v. New Yorlc G. R. Co., 49 N. Y., 47.
1Opinion of the Court
Irvine, C.
Cox, a minor, by Ms next friend, brought this action against the Lincoln Street Bailway Company to recover for personal injuries sustained by him while in the employ of the railway company. He recovered a judgment for $800. Cox was employed in driving a team which drew what is called a “tower wagon,” being a wagon bearing a scaffold used for the purpose of repairing the trolley wires by means of which the defendant’s electric railway was operated. At a point near the intersection of Seventeenth and South streets a fire-alarm wire passed above the trolley wire, crossing it at an…
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