Mozingo v. Wellsburg Electric Light, Heat & Power Co.

Miller, Judge:

By this writ of error, the defendant The Brooke Electric Company seeks to reverse a judgment of the circuit court against it in favor of the administrator of the estate of Ralph Mozingo, deceased, in an action for damage for injuries which resulted in the death of the intestate.

At the time he was injured Mozingo was an employee of the Wheeling Traction Company and was engaged in painting a bridge' owned and used by his employer. His injuries were the result of his coming in contact with a high tension electric wire carrying a current of 22,000 volts, one of three strung…