Jackson v. Kansas Gas & Electric Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Thiele, J.:

This was an action to recover damages for death by wrongful act, the individual defendants being owners and operators *91of an oil and gas lease on certain described real estate, and the corporate defendant being a public utility which furnished electric power for use thereon.

At the conclusion of plaintiff’s evidence, the several individual defendants and the corporate defendant interposed demurrers, which were overruled. No evidence was offered by any defendant, but the individual defendants and the corporate defendant each moved the court for…