Delta Electric Power Ass'n v. Burton

Appellees, plaintiffs below, the suriving husband and seven children of Mrs. Nancy Burton, deceased, sued appellant, Delta Electric Power Association, a corpora tion organized as a cooperative for the distribution of electricity under Chapter 184, Laws of 1936, and amendatory acts. In general, the action was brought under the wrongful death statute and the negligence charged was that appellant negligently maintained its power lines proximately resulting in the death of Mrs. Burton.

We state the facts in the light most favorable to appellees, for whom the jury found a verdict for $10,000. There…