Trapp v. Rockford Electric Co.

Arthur Trapp, twelve years and four months old, touched or took hold of the lower end of a hoisting wire attached to a pole and used in raising and lowering an arc light, operated by the Rockford Electric Company in the city of Rockford, on the evening of July 7, 1912, and received a charge of electricity which instantly killed him. He left surviving a mother, a father, who was in an insane asylum, and nine brothers and sisters. His mother was appointed administratrix of his estate and she brought this suit against the Rockford Electric Company to recover for the loss to the next of kin of…