Perham v. Portland Electric Co.
Oregon Supreme Court
From Multnomah : E. D. Shattuck, Judge. Action by W. T. Perham, as administrator of the estate of N. C. Perham, deceased, against the Portland General Electric Company, which resulted in a judgment for $4,500 in favor of plaintiff.
1Opinion of the Court · BeanJustice Bean
This action is brought under section 371 of Hill’s Ann. Laws to recover damages for the death of plaintiff’s intestate, caused by the alleged negligence of the defendant company. The facts, which are practically undisputed, are that on September 27, 1893, the plaintiff’s intestate, an employee of the East-Side Railway Company, a corporation owning and operating a suburban railway between Portland and Oregon City, was killed while engaged in repairing its bridge across the Clackamas River by coming in contact with wires owned and used by the defendant company for the transmission of…
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2Cases cited46 opinions
- Whitford v. . the Panama Railroad CompanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1861
- Haynes v. Kaleigh Gas Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1894
- Giraude v. Elec. Improvement Co. of San JoseCalifornia Supreme Court · 1895
- McCullough v. New York & N. Steamboat Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1893
- McLaughlin v. Louisville Electric Light Co.Court of Appeals of Kentucky · 1896
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