Short v. Central Louisiana Electric Co.

This is a suit in which the plaintiff, Mrs. Rebecca Guinn Short, widow of Lorenzo D. Short, seeks to recover damages for the accidental death of her said husband allegedly resulting from negligence of the defendant Electric Company.

This suit was consolidated, for purposes of trial and appeal, with the suit of Melder v. Central Louisiana Electric Co., La. App., 36 So.2d 671, in which the named plaintiff seeks recovery of damages suffered as the result of the same accident which caused the death of Lorenzo D. Short.

After trial by the District Court there was judgment in favor of plaintiff,…