Legal Opinion
Virginia Electric & Power Co. v. Carolina Peanut Co. Virginia Fire & Marine Ins. Co. v. Carolina Peanut Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided February 3, 1951No. 6182, 6183PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PARKER, Chief Judge.
These are appeals from the judgment in a case brought against the Virginia Electric Power Co. to recover damages for negligently causing the destruction by fire of the plant of the Carolina Peanut Company at Powellsville, North Carolina. The case was tried before a jury which found the defendant guilty of negligence in failing, after notice, to shut off the flow of electric current to the Peanut Company’s building, thereby causing the building and its contents to be destroyed by fire, and fixed the value of the property so- destroyed at $145,000 for the building, $30,000…
2Cases cited25 opinions
- Mollan v. TorranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1824
- Wichita Railroad & Light Co. v. Public Utilities Commission of KansasSupreme Court of the United States · 1922
- Louisville, New Albany & Chicago Railway Co. v. Louisville Trust Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1899
- Stewart v. DunhamSupreme Court of the United States · 1885
- Clarke v. MathewsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1838
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3Cited by41 opinions
- Frank J. Kozak v. Willard B. Wells, Administrator, Etc.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1960
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- Plains Growers, Inc. v. Ickes-Braun Glasshouses, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
- Bryan v. Southern Pacific CompanyArizona Supreme Court · 1955
- Virginia Elec. & Power Co. v. Westinghouse Elec. Corp.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1973
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