Quincy Gas & Electric Co. v. Schmitt

Appellee recovered a verdict and judgment against appellant in the Circuit Court of Adams County for $5,000 for negligently causing the death of her husband, Leonard Schmitt. The declaration contains three counts. The first alleges in substance that appellant was engaged in generating and supplying electricity for power and lighting, to its patrons for hire, such electricity being distributed on wires suspended on poles erected in and along the public streets of the city of Quincy; that said wires were then and there charged with powerful currents of electricity, to wit: 2,400 volts, which…