Holden v. Cincinnati Gas & Electric Co.

OPINION

By MATTHEWS, J.

This is an appeal on .questions of law from, a judgment of the Common Pleas Court of Hamilton County in favor of the plaintiff in an action to recover damages on account of personal injuries caused by a current of electricity passing through his body under the circumstances hereinafter detailed.

The defendant claims that the judgment is excessive and that there is no substantial evidence of negligence on its part directly causing the injury, and that the evidence clearly shows that the plaintiff’s injuries were caused by his sole negligence.

We dismiss the contention that…