Finn v. New England Telephone & Telegraph Co.
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On exceptions by plaintiff; Action on the case to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff while in the employ of the defendant company, and alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the defendant company. Plea, the general issue. Verdict for defendant. At the trial, the plaintiff offered certain evidence which was excluded, and thereupon the plaintiff excepted. The case is stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtSpear, J.
This was an action on the ease for negligence. The plea was the general issue. The plaintiff, a telephone lineman, while in the employ of the defendant company, was injured by a live wire of high voltage with which a telephone cable, upon which he had *281been directed to work by the defendant’s foreman of a crew, came in contact. The verdict was for the defendant. The case comes up on exceptions by the plaintiff to the ruling of the presiding justice in excluding certain evidence that was offered by him.
1. The plaintiff introduced testimony tending to show that he was in the exercise of due care…
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