Peninsular Telephone Co. v. McCaskill

Citations

• 64 Fla. 420

Syllabus

<p>1. A telephone company may be liable in damages for a fire caused by its wires, transmitting electricity from lighting, it being shown that none of the usual safeguards were used.</p> <p>2. The court does not judicially know that the effects of lightning upon a telephone wire may not be minimized and rendered harmless by the precautions usually taken by telephone companies.</p> <p>3. It is not material whether a witness called as an expert sufficiently qualifies as such, if his testimony be in substantial accord with that produced by the objecting party.</p> <p>4. Under Chapter 5902, Laws of 1909, it is not a challenge for cause, that a juror has served within a year as such in another court.</p>