Blavatt v. Union Electric Light & Power Co.

Plaintiffs appeal from an order of the circuit court, city of St. Louis, sustaining defendant's demurrer to the evidence. Plaintiffs sued for $10,000 damages for the death of their son, Alfred Blavatt, then fifteen years of age, who died from injuries sustained by him on May 27, 1930, when he came in contact with certain high-tension wires.

The amended petition alleged in substance that the defendant owned and maintained a substation, located at 4209 Newstead Avenue in the city of St. Louis, containing a large number of wires carrying a high voltage of electricity and known as high-tension…