Parsons v. Charleston Consolidated Ry., Gas & Electric Co.
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before ’ J., Charleston, Action by Mary Parsons, administratrix of Geo. Parsons, against Charleston Consolidated Railway, Gas and Electric Co. and Gordon Telephone Co. From order overruling demurrer, Charleston Consolidated Railway, Gas and Electric Co. appeals. cite: As to liability of appellant: 31 E. .R. A., 572; 56 111. Ap., 378; 19 So. R., 695; 12 Am. Neg. R., 321; 179 Pa. St, 482; 25 S. E. R., 377; 30 Pac., 403; 7 Wall., 52; 50 Fed.
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Before ’ J., Charleston, Action by Mary Parsons, administratrix of Geo. Parsons, against Charleston Consolidated Railway, Gas and Electric Co. and Gordon Telephone Co. From order overruling demurrer, Charleston Consolidated Railway, Gas and Electric Co. appeals. cite: As to liability of appellant: 31 E. .R. A., 572; 56 111. Ap., 378; 19 So. R., 695; 12 Am. Neg. R., 321; 179 Pa. St, 482; 25 S. E. R., 377; 30 Pac., 403; 7 Wall., 52; 50 Fed. R., 810. contra, cite: As to allegation óf notice: 13 Johns., 339; 35 S. C., 406. Want of notice is negligence: 45 S. C., 158 ; 100 Mass., 156; 40 W. Va.,…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Woods.
The plaintiff, administratrix of Edward Parsons, alleges that her intestate’s death was caused by coming in contact with a wire of the defendant, Gordon. Telephone Company, which, having fallen across the wire of the Charleston Consolidated Railway, Gas and Electric Company, was highly charged with electricity. The liability of the telephone company is not involved in this appeal. In the complaint it is alleged that the wires of the Charleston Consolidated Railway, Gas and Electric Company, from which the fatal current was transmitted…
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