Barnes v. Sand Mountain Electric Cooperative

HARWOOD, Presiding Judge.

The complaint in this case contained two counts.

Count 1 claimed damages because of defendant’s negligent failure to supply electrical current to his premises, as per agreement, the said failure proximately resulting in the loss of 450 broiling size chickens which smothered to death because the darkness caused by the interruption of the electrical service caused them to huddle or hover together.

Count 2 is substantially the same as count 1, except that it avers that plaintiff’s damages resulted from the defendant’s failure to restore the interrupted flow of electricity…