Storm v. Leavenworth Light, Heat & Power Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Mason, J.:

George Storm, a boy fifteen years of age, was killed by electricity from the wires of the Leavenworth Light, Heat and Power Company, the contact being brought .about through a small loose wire, with a stone upon the end of it, *41which' had been thrown over wires some thirty feet from the ground. His father sued the company, alleging that the boy’s death was caused by its negligence in not keeping up the insulation. The plaintiff recovered a judgment, and the defendant appeals.

1. Mrs. Snyder, a neighbor, who undertook to assist the boy, was…