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NILSEN v. DAVIDSON INDUSTRIES, INC. ET AL

226 Or. 164 (1961)

360 P.2d 307

NILSEN v. DAVIDSON INDUSTRIES, INC. ET AL

Supreme Court of Oregon.

Affirmed February 21, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James L. Hershner, Eugene, argued the cause for appellants. On the brief were Darling, Vonderheit & Hershner and Thompson Snyder, Eugene.

Thomas N. Trotta, Assistant Attorney General, Portland, argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief were Robert Y. Thornton, Attorney General, Salem, H.J. Belton Hamilton, Assistant Attorney General, Thomas Y. Higashi, Assistant Attorney General, and Quintin B. Estell, Assistant Attorney General, all of Portland.

Before McALLISTER, Chief Justice, and WARNER, SLOAN, O'CONNELL and LUSK, Justices.

AFFIRMED.

LUSK, J.

This suit involves the construction and constitutionality of a section of the Electrical Safety Law of this state, ORS 479.510 to 479.850.

A preamble to the Electrical Safety Law states that its purpose is "to protect the health and safety of the people of Oregon from the danger of electrically caused shocks, fires and explosions and to protect property situated in Oregon from the hazard of electrically caused fires and explosions...

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