Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1908-03-04 | Page 10 | Lineman's Case in Court

i PACE CASE in IN Iff COURT I IG G H Speight Is Suing Bell Tele Telephone Telephone i phone Co and Lighting Co for Damages George Harold Speights dam agi ag suit against the Utah Light LI ht and ind nd Railway company campau and the Rocky Moun Mountain tain Bell Telephone company was wag placed on trial before Judge Lewis and anda an ana a jury lury yesterday Speight ht was wits in the employ of the telephone company and while testing wires at the tIme intersection inte of Main and Center street January Januar 26 1307 he came in contact with Ith a feed teed wire maintained by the light company The shock was wasso wasso wasso so great that he fell from the post and for a long time his recovery was waa despaired of His left teft hand had to be amputated and he was otherwise in injured Injured injured The complaint charges both concerns with negligence it being alleged that the Insulation on the feed wire was worn and aed that it should never have been allowed by the telephone com corn company company pany to be placed on its poles The trial tria of the case will probably last several days and it is sure to tobe tobe tobe be hard fought