City of Tacoma v. Bonnell
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Pierce county,. Card, J., entered March 28, 1911, upon overruling demurrers to the answer, dismissing an action to recover over from a contractor the amount paid on a judgment for wrongful death.
1Opinion of the Court
Mount, J.-
— Plaintiff brought this action to recover from the defendant the amount of a judgment which the plaintiff was compelled to pay in the case of Ohrstrom v. Tacoma, 57 Wash. 121, 106 Pac. 629. The complaint alleged, that the plaintiff maintained in the city of Tacoma primary and secondary wires for the transmission of electricity for heating and lighting purposes; that the primary wire carried a current of 2,300 volts, dangerous to life, and the secondary wire carried a current of 220 volts, from which secondary wires electricity was supplied to its users; that the voltage on the…
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