Oklahoma Gas & Electric Co. v. Frisbie

Pauline Frisbie, in her own right; also as administratrix, and as mother, next friend, and guardian of her minor children, only heirs of Jay Frisbie, recovered judgments against appellant for $10,000.

Appellee’s husband was killed when he came into contact with an electrically-charged wire. It is alleged that appellant was negligent in that an excess voltage was, in some manner not shown by the proof, permitted to enter a residence in the city of Fort Smith, beneath which appellee’s intestate was worldng.

In the fall of 1934, two gas-burning floor furnaces were placed in the home where the…