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WESTERN U. TEL. CO. v. FITCHBURG GAS & ELEC. LIGHT CO.

334 Mass. 587 (1956)

137 N.E.2d 459

THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY vs. FITCHBURG GAS AND ELECTRIC LIGHT COMPANY.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Worcester.

October 2, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Francis H. George, for the defendant.

John P. Dunn, for the plaintiff.

Present: WILKINS, C.J., RONAN, SPALDING, & WILLIAMS, JJ.

SPALDING, J.

These facts could have been found. About 9:30 on the night of June 8, 1946, Loring Corkum was electrocuted when he came in contact with a wire that had fallen from one of a line of poles maintained by the plaintiff in front of the home of one Sage. The Sage property was located on the north side of Westminster Hill Road, a public way running east and west in Fitchburg. The plaintiff's line of poles was located on the same side of the street as the Sage...

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