Capital Gas & Electric Light Co. v. Davis' Admr.
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
CASE 80. — ACTION BY WILLIAM DAVIS’ADMINISTRATOR AGAINST THE CAPITAL GAS & ELECTRIC LIGHT COMPANY. Appeal from Franklin Circuit Court. R. L. Stout, Circuit Judge. Judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion of the Court by
Judge Settle
Reversing.
The appellee’s intestate, "William Davis, a convict confined in the state penitentiary at Frankfort, lost his life January 13, 1906, from contact with a wire charged with electricity belonging to the Postal Telegraph & Cable Company, which had burned ont where iFentered a call box at the penitentiary, and by reason thereof fallen to the ground within the walls of that institution. The Postal Telegraph & Cable Company and the appellant, Capital Gras & Electric Company, have on Main street in the city of Frankfort each a wire attached to the same…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Lewis' Adm'r v. Bowling Green Gas Light Co.Court of Appeals of Kentucky · 1909
- City of Owensboro v. York's Admr.Court of Appeals of Kentucky · 1904
- Junior v. Missouri Electric Light & Power Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1895
- Columbus Railroad v. DorseySupreme Court of Georgia · 1904
- Frauenthal v. Laclede Gaslight Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1896
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- Barnett v. Des Moines Electric Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1925
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