McLaughlin v. Louisville Electric Light Co.
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 31 — PETITION ORDINARY APPEAL PROM JEFFERSON CIRCUIT COURT, COMMON PLEAS DIVISION. 1. Upon the fact being disclosed that a' juror is a stockholder in a corporation that was the owner and holder of all of the capital stock of another corporation that was a party to the suit, the court should have ordered his name stricken from the list. 2. The court should have instructed the jury that electric light wires should be so insulated or protected as to be free from…
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Case 31 — PETITION ORDINARY APPEAL PROM JEFFERSON CIRCUIT COURT, COMMON PLEAS DIVISION. 1. Upon the fact being disclosed that a' juror is a stockholder in a corporation that was the owner and holder of all of the capital stock of another corporation that was a party to the suit, the court should have ordered his name stricken from the list. 2. The court should have instructed the jury that electric light wires should be so insulated or protected as to be free from danger-'(Thompson on Law of Electricity, sec. 65; Clements v. Louisiana Electric Light Co., lí S. Rep., 51; Girandi v. Electric…
1Opinion of the Court
JUDGE GUFFY
deitvebed the opinion cp the coubt.
It is alleged in the petition in this action that “the plaintiff is and was on the 8th day of July, 1893, a painter by trade, and followed the same for a livelihood, and was on said 8th day of July, 1893, engaged in painting a house on the east side of Fourth street, in the said city of Louisville, between Market and Main streets, and numbered ■ — ; that on said 8th of July, 1893, and long prior thereto, the defendant, its agents and servants had erected and maintained one of its electric wires, charged with electricity, on the side of said house…
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