Zumbrun v. City of Osawatomie

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Dawson, J.:

This was an action for damages against the city of Osawatomie for the death of Lloyd E. Zumbrun, who was electrocuted in the attic of a two-story building while engaged in changing the position of a drop light to serve the convenience of a doctor whose office was immediately below.

The principal facts were these: For some time prior to the summer of 1927 the city of Osawatomie owned and operated an electric light plant which served the town and its inhabitants. The system of wiring which supplied the current was “a single-phase, three-wire,…