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FLAKNE v. CHESAPEAKE AND POTOMAC TELEPHONE CO.

97 S.E.2d 650 (1957)

199 Va. 31

Joseph T. FLAKNE v. CHESAPEAKE AND POTOMAC TELEPHONE COMPANY OF VIRGINIA.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

April 26, 1957.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Alexander, Fairfax (Leon Ben Ezra, Washington, D. C., Alexander, Kelly & Jennings, Fairfax, on brief), for plaintiff in error.

Robert J. McCandlish, Jr., Fairfax (Hugh B. Marsh, Fairfax, Sam Houston, Washington, D. C., Richardson, McCandlish, Lillard, Marsh & Van Dyck, Fairfax, on brief), for defendant in error.

Before HUDGINS, C. J., and EGGLESTON, BUCHANAN, MILLER, WHITTLE, and SNEAD, JJ.

WHITTLE, Justice.

Flakne sued the telephone company for personal injuries sustained when he ran into a guy or brace wire alleged to have been negligently installed on a pole on private property. He claimed that the wire was not equipped with a suitable guard or shield.

The company answered denying primary negligence. It denied the injuries complained of, and asserted that even if Flakne was injured as alleged, his own contributory negligence, as a matter of...

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