Hodgins v. Bay City
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Genesee; Wisner, J. Case by Margaret Hodgins, administratrix of the estate of James H. Hodgins, deceased, against the city of Bay City for the negligent killing of plaintiff’s intestate. There was judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
Blair, O. J.
James H. Hodgins, the plaintiff’s husband, lost his life on the 14th of September, 1906, through a shock received from an electric wire erected, owned, and maintained by defendant. Deceased, at the time of his injury, was in the performance of his duty as an employ é of the Valley Telephone Company, the owner of the pole upon which he was working. The defendant had reserved the right by ordinance to string, and had strung, two primary electric light wires upon this pole. The first cross-arm on the pole was used by the Bay City Traction & Electric Company. The second cross-arm was…
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