Robbins v. Thies

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Trenchard, J.

The Public Service Electric and Gas Company (hereinafter called defendant) appeals from a judgment entered upon a general verdict against it in an action to recover damages for personal injuries to the infant plaintiff Morris Eobbins (hereinafter sometimes referred to as the plaintiff) and for consequential damages to his father, Clarence Eobbins, as the result of the infant coming in contact with a wire charged with electricity, maintained and controlled by the defendant at the intersection of two public highways in Burlington county.

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