Fort Wayne & Northern Indiana Traction Co. v. Stark
Indiana Court of Appeals
From Allen Circuit Court; John W. Eggeman, Judge. Action by Carl Stark against, the Fort Wayne and Northern Indiana Traction Company. From a judgment for plaintiff, the defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtRemy, J.
On June 5, 1916, appellant, by virtue of a franchise granted to it by the city of Ft. Wayne, was engaged in the business of furnishing, for profit, electricity for lighting and power purposes to the inhabitants of said city; and that, for the purpose of transmitting electric current to its patrons, appellant had erected and was maintaining a system of electric wires along and upon the public streets of said city, including a street named and known as Portage avenue. The wire which it had placed along and over Portage avenue at the time was so constructed as to pass through the branches bf a…
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