Biddle v. Leavenworth Light, Heat & Power Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Smith, J.:

Isabella Biddle brought this action against the Leavenworth Light, Heat & Power Company and the Missouri & Kansas Telephone Company to recover damages for the death of her husbaiid. The *605plaintiff recovered and the defendants appeal. In, her petition she alleged that the appellants had set poles and maintained wires thereon for their respective uses along a certain public alley in the city of Leavenworth; that the poles of the appellants alternate and that the wires of the respective companies were by them negligently and carelessly strung and…