York v. Baton Rouge Electric Co.

A guy wire, while being handled by James York, employee of William Eberhart, came into contact with a high voltage wire of the Baton Rouge Electric Company, with the result that said York was killed. The guy wire was being attached to and was for the purpose of bracing a derrick which the said Eberhart was erecting preparatory to putting down a deep well for the East Louisiana Hospital on the grounds of the said hospital at Jackson, La.

The plaintiff is the widow, and the children, all of whom are minors, are the issue of her marriage with said York. The plaintiff is the natural tutrix of her…