Dillon v. Allegheny County Light Co.

Citations

• 179 Pa. 482
• 36 A. 164
• 1897 Pa. LEXIS 672

Syllabus

<p>Negligence — Electric Light Co. — Uninsulated telephone wire.</p> <p>In an action against an electric light company to recover damages for the death of plaintiff’s husband, a verdict and judgment for plaintiff will be sustained where the evidence shows that the defendant left a broken, uninsulated telephone wire in such a position as to endanger the lives of persons using the street; and that plaintiff’s husband, on a rainy night, in the proper discharge of his duty as a police officer, while attempting to remove the dangerous nuisance with his mace, was brought in contact with the charged wire, and thus lost his life.</p>