Denver Consolidated Electric Co. v. Lawrence
Supreme Court of Colorado
Appeal from the District Court of Arapahoe County. The complaint, filed May 13, 1899, alleges that the defendant is a corporation engaged in the business of generating, producing and distributing electricity and supplying the same for light and other purposes to the general public for profit; that the company, in consideration of the compensation required, was engaged in supplying W. H. Lawrence with electricity for lighting purposes at his residence, No. 247 South…
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Appeal from the District Court of Arapahoe County. The complaint, filed May 13, 1899, alleges that the defendant is a corporation engaged in the business of generating, producing and distributing electricity and supplying the same for light and other purposes to the general public for profit; that the company, in consideration of the compensation required, was engaged in supplying W. H. Lawrence with electricity for lighting purposes at his residence, No. 247 South Fourteenth street, in the city of Denver ; that it was the duty of said company in so furnishing electricity to at all times have…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Steele
The complaint alleges that the defendant, at the *308time the plaintiff received the injuries, was the owner of and in the exclusive operation and management of an electric light plant in the city of Denver for the generation and distribution of electricity for light among and to the general public and residents of the city of Denver, and was engaged in'the business of selling and supplying electricity to the general public ; that the defendant was furnishing electricity for lighting purposes to the father of the plaintiff, at his residence in the city of Denver; that the plaintiff was residing…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Denver Consolidated Electric Co. v. SimpsonSupreme Court of Colorado · 1895
- Wall v. LivezaySupreme Court of Colorado · 1882
- Wilson v. Denver, South Park & Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of Colorado · 1883
- United Oil Co. v. RoseberrySupreme Court of Colorado · 1902
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- Bourke v. Butte Electric & Power Co.Montana Supreme Court · 1905
- Escambia County Electric Light & Power Co. v. SutherlandSupreme Court of Florida · 1911
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