Tenn.-Jellico Coal Co., Inc. v. Young

PORTRÜM, J.

This case is here on appeal by the defendant company from a judgment of $4,000 in favor of the plaintiff, Naney Young, administratrix, for the death of her sixteen year old son, Benton Young, who- was employed by one of the defendant’s employees to carry coal and water at the said employee’s home in defendant’s mining camp, and who was killed by coming in contact with an electric wire strung across the yard of said home.

The declaration alleges that the deceased was an invitee of the defendant, and that the defendant was guilty of gross negligence in the installation and maintenance…