Show The Springfield Tlepubllcan tells of a au > rr case Suit was brought against the Southern New England Telegraph company by the administratOr oC the estate of GeorgeDavis a lineman employed em-ployed by the Hartford < l Electric Light company who was killed by coming Sn contact with a live wire On the first trial the Jury awarded damages of 100 and the ground of their making such an award was that Davis was Instantly killed by an electric shock and did not suiTor any pain In the superior court the Judge ruled that damages can be recovered for the actual los yg of life and awarded 000 to the estate of thc electric lineman It was lucky that the decision was made because with the first one for a precedent the effort would be whenever a man was badly hurt to kill him before he suffered much OH iLbecms a 2Hassachusells Jury f measures thais death agony IndoU lara and rents We do not > elleve Ult would eveirliave been thought Q Jn < any State except Massachusetts |