Schankweiler v. Pennsylvania Light Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 333, Jan. T., 1922, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Northumberland Co., Dec. T., 1919, No. 296, on yerdict for plaintiff, in ease of Daisy Schankweiler y. Pennsylvania Lighting Company. Trespass for death of plaintiff’s husband. Before Moser, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court1 states the facts. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff for $17,250. Defendant appealed. Error assigned, inter alia, was refusal to withdraw a juror, quoting the record.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Frazer,
Charles Schankweiler, plaintiff’s deceased husband, while working in his garage, grasped an electric lamp at*52tacbed to an ordinary extension cord and received a shock which resulted in his death. The evidence submitted on behalf of plaintiff tended to show that a high tension wire carrying 2,200 volts connected with a transformer located on a pole near plaintiff’s property had come in contact with plaintiff’s service wire, greatly overcharging the latter and producing the condition which caused decedent’s death. The court below submitted all the issues of fact to…
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