Alexander v. Nanticoke Light Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 93, Jan. T., 1903, by plaintiff, from Order of C. P. Luzerne Co., Jan. T., 1900, No. 12, refusing to strike off non-suit, in case of Eugene N. Alexander v. The Nanticoke Light Company. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Ferris, J. The circumstances of the accident are stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court. The court entered a compulsory nonsuit which it subsequently refused to take off. Error assigned was the order of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Brown,
The premises of the appellant, the proprietor of a china store, in the borough of Nanticoke, were lighted by electricity. The electric light was furnished by the appellee, an electric light company. It had wired the store and cellar of the plaintiff, furnished the electric lamps and made and maintained the connections. On the evening of August 19, 1898, he went into his cellar to show goods to a customer, and, while *573handling, in the usual way, an ordinary incandescent light bulb, suspended from the ceiling by a flexible extension cord, was severely shocked and…
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