Morris v. Jefferson Electric Co.

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Kephart,

Appellees’ son, a minor child under the age of fourteen, was killed by a current of electricity coming from a high-power transmission line that had broken and fallen to the ground. The boy was walking along a permissive highway or path along and over which, at the place of the accident, the transmission line had been strung. The court below sustained a recovery, and this appeal is taken therefrom. The principal question urged by appellant is whether the evidence of negligence was sufficient to permit such recovery from the company. The statement of claim charged…