Alabama Power Co. v. Jackson

THOMAS, Justice.

The suit was for wrongful death.

The pleas were the general issue, contributory negligence, and: “That at the time alleged in the complaint that a wire of the. defendant had fallen in the streets of the City of Greenville, defendant alleges that the falling of said wire was caused by a limb which fell from a tree near the highway, or street and near the wires of the defendant, and which fell on the wire of defendant, and that said limb fell by-reason of the fact that said limb was in a slightly decayed condition at . the place where said limb broke -from said tree and such…