Moseley v. Alabama Power Co.

GARDNER, Chief Justice.

Plaintiff seeks punitive damages for the death of his minor daughter, Ida Lee Moseley, eight years of age, who came in contact with a heavily charged electric wire. Sec. 119, Title 7, Code 1940. The original defendants were P. G. and Irby Guest, upon whose premises the wire was maintained, and the Alabama Power Company, a corporation, that furnished and supplied the owners with the electricity. Upon demurrer being sustained to counts 1, 2, A, and B, plaintiff filed count C, which was held good against the demurrer interposed thereto, and upon which the cause proceeded…