CURT'S TRUCKING CO. v. CITY OF ANCHORAGE

No. 3181.

578 P.2d 975 (1978)

CURT'S TRUCKING COMPANY and Gerald R. Curt, Appellants, v. CITY OF ANCHORAGE, a Municipal Corporation, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

May 19, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Donohue, Anchorage, for appellants.

Allan E. Tesche, Asst. Municipal Atty., Anchorage, for appellee.

Before BOOCHEVER, Chief Justice, and RABINOWITZ, CONNOR, BURKE and MATTHEWS, Justices.


OPINION

RABINOWITZ, Justice.

An overhead telephone cable belonging to the Anchorage Telephone Utility was severed when struck by the raised body of a dump truck operated by Gerald Curt on Minnesota Drive in Anchorage.1 The Anchorage Telephone Utility is a public utility owned by the City of Anchorage; and City employees repaired the damaged cable. The City then brought an action in superior court alleging that $5,349.23 in damages...

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