Legal Opinion

Shawnee Gas & Electric Co. v. Hunt

Supreme Court of Oklahoma

Decided March 19, 1912No. 1557PublishedCited by 12 opinions

Error from Superior Court, Pottawatomie County; George C. Abernathy, Judge. Action by William O. Hunt against the Shawnee Gas & Electric Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

ROSSER, C.

This is an appeal from the superior court of Pottawatomie county. The plaintiff, William O. Hunt, brought suit against the Shawnee Gas & Electric Company to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained by coming in contact with a guy wire, or a wire clothes line in contact with the guy wire. There was a judgment for plaintiff in the lower court.

The defendant assigns as error that Mrs. Hunt, mother of plaintiff, was permitted to testify at the trial that her son was suffering from an epileptic condition. She based this opinion as to epileptic…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Aetna Life Insurance v. BethelCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1910
  2. Selleck v. City of JanesvilleWisconsin Supreme Court · 1898
  3. Western & Atlantic Railroad v. YoungSupreme Court of Georgia · 1889
  4. Crouse v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1899
  5. Alabama Great Southern Railroad v. DavisSupreme Court of Alabama · 1898

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Owens v. Oklahoma Turnpike AuthoritySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1954
  2. De Camp v. ComerfordSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1928
  3. Oklahoma Wheat Pool Terminal Corp. v. RodgersSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1937
  4. Chicago, R. I. & P. Ry. Co. v. BrooksSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1931
  5. Gilbert v. American Casualty Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1943

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