Mary Laritza v. Pa. Power Co.

Opinion by

Stadteeld, J.,

This was an action of trespass brought by Mary Laritza in the court of common pleas of Lawrence County to recover damages sustained by herself and her children by the death of her husband on April 1, 1929 by coming in contact with a high tension electric wire owned and controlled by defendant company.

Plaintiff’s statement averred that defendant company, on April 1, 1929, was engaged in the transmission and distribution of electric current over and along a line of wires extending along North Fifteenth Street in Wayne Township, Lawrence County, and near the residence of…