INGLING v. PUBLIC SERVICE ELEC. & GAS CO.


10 N.J. Super. 1 (1950)

76 A.2d 76

ALBERTIS INGLING, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT, v. PUBLIC SERVICE ELECTRIC AND GAS COMPANY, A CORPORATION, AND NEW JERSEY BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY, A CORPORATION, DEFENDANTS-APPELLANTS.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided October 25, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Herman H. Wille, Jr., argued the cause for appellant, Public Service Electric and Gas Company (Mr. Carl T. Freggens, attorney).

Mr. Sidney P. McCord, Jr., argued the cause for appellant, New Jersey Bell Telephone Company (Messrs. Starr, Summerill & Davis, attorneys).

Mr. William C. Gotshalk argued the cause for respondent (Mr. Raymond Saltzman, attorney).

Before Judges McGEEHAN, JAYNE and WM. J. BRENNAN, JR.


The opinion of the court was delivered by WM. J. BRENNAN, J.A.D.

Plaintiff was injured in the side yard of his Brooklawn, Camden County, home when preparing on a July day in 1946 to water his lawn and his right heel struck a metal shield, called a Bierce protector, on a guy wire anchored on his lot within a foot from the side of his house.

His back was to the house as he stood on a concrete walk running along its side; he stooped over to pick up a garden hose...

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