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LIESER v. NORTHERN STATES POWER CO.

No. 39,088.

268 Minn. 95 (1964)

128 N.W. (2d) 292

LEONARD LIESER, TRUSTEE FOR NEXT OF KIN OF JOHN LIESER, v. NORTHERN STATES POWER COMPANY. LAKE HENRY RURAL TELEPHONE COMPANY, THIRD-PARTY DEFENDANT.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

April 24, 1964.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hughes, Hughes & Hughes, for appellant.

William G. Meyer and Howard I. Donohue, for plaintiff respondent.

Russell & Willenbring, for third-party defendant respondent.

NELSON, JUSTICE.

This action for death by wrongful act was brought against Northern States Power Company, hereinafter referred to as the power company, following the electrocution of John Lieser. In its answer the power company denied negligence on its part and alleged that decedent's death had been caused by his own negligence and that of Lake Henry Rural Telephone Company. The power company also instituted a third-party action against the telephone company to recover...

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