Shank v. Edison Electric Illuminating Co.

Citations

• 225 Pa. 393
• 74 A. 210
• 1909 Pa. LEXIS 672

Syllabus

<p>Negligence — Electric light companies — Master and servant — Fellow servant.</p> <p>Where a lineman employed by an electric light company after having located a break in a circuit, turns off the current, and directs the electrician and engineer not to turn it on again until he is heard from, and the latter disregard his request and turn on the current, and he is injured, the lineman cannot recover from his company for his injuries without showing that eithef the electrician or the engineer had charge of the line or switch board, or some particular part of the company’s business, or what, if any, duty was delegated to either. In the absence of such proof the court is bound to hold that the electrician and engineer were fellow servants of the lineman.</p>