Blackstone v. Penn Central Light & Power Co.

Citations

• 249 Pa. 519
• 95 A. 95
• 1915 Pa. LEXIS 755

Syllabus

<p>Negligence—Infants—Trespassers—Electric company — Tower —N onsuit.</p> <p>Where in an action against an electric company to recover damages for injuries sustained by an infant plaintiff it appears that the plaintiff, an eight year old boy, gained admission to a tower which accommodated high power electric wires, maintained by the defendant at a distance of 30 feet from a public road, and protected from the intrusion of trespassers by a five-strand wire fence, and that he climbed the tower partly by means of a temporary ladder and partly by means of short pins placed far apart and extending horizontally from the supports, to a point where he came in contact with the electric wires and was thrown from the tower, a nonsuit is properly entered in the absence of evidence that -children were accustomed or permitted to use or play on the ground within the enclosure or on the tower.</p>