Economy Light & Power Co. v. Hiller

Appellee, a minor, suing by his next friend, recovered a judgment against appellants, the Economy Light and Power Company, a corporation maintaining poles and wires in the streets of the city of Joliet and furnishing electric light and power, and the Chicago Telephone Company, a corporation also maintaining poles and wires in said streets and furnishing telephone service, the recovery being for injuries received by appellee from contact with a broken telephone wire hanging across an electric light wire. The Appellate Court for the Second District affirmed the judgment, and appellants…