Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Clements
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Law and Equity Oourt of the city of Richmond, rendered December 30, 1898, in an action of trespass on the case, wherein the defendant in error was the plaintiff, and the plaintiff in error was the defendant.
1Opinion of the Court
Keith, P.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
The Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company operates a telephone exchange in the city of Bichmond with poles and wires extending from its central office through the streets of said city. The defendant in error, -Clements, was an employee of the company, whose duty it was to climb its poles for the purpose of putting up or removing its wires, when, for any reason, it became necessary to do so. It was the duty of Clements to go out for this purpose under the direction of a foreman of the telephone company. It was the custom of the company, in…
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