THOMPSON v. GREEN MOUNTAIN POWER CORPORATION

No. 259.

144 A.2d 786 (1958)

Dean THOMPSON v. GREEN MOUNTAIN POWER CORPORATION.

Supreme Court of Vermont. Caledonia.

September 2, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John A. Swainbank, St. Johnsbury, for plaintiff.

Arthur L. Graves, St. Johnsbury, for defendant.

Before CLEARY, C. J., and ADAMS, HULBURD, HOLDEN and SHANGRAW, JJ.


HOLDEN, Justice.

The defendant Green Mountain Power Corporation appeals a judgment which has imposed liability for the negligent use of explosives. The defendant assigns error to the failure of the trial court to grant its motions for a directed verdict and to set the verdict aside. The defendant's brief confines both motions to the same questions of law.

The defendant exploded dynamite on property adjacent to the plaintiff's home premises where he maintained...

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