Union Gas & Electric Co. v. Waldsmith

Henry Waldsmith brought suit in the court below to recover damages for injuries received as a pedestrian on the sidewalk coming in contact with a broken wire, charged with a high voltage of electricity.

In his petition he charges:

“Plaintiff says that the defendant corporation, disregarding its duties in the premises, negligently and carelessly allowed and permitted its wires and equipment, located as above described, to become weak and defective, and unable to bear its weight and burden and properly to perform its task, and likely to give, snap, break and fall down without warning, and without…