Mangan's Admr. v. Louisville Electric Light Co.
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
CASE 54. — ACTION BY DANIEL S. MANGAN’S, ADM’R, AGAINST THE LOUISVILLE ELECTRIC LIGHT CO. EOR CAUSING THE' DEATH OP PLAINTIFFS INTESTATE. — March 27. Appeal from Jefferson Circuit Court, Common Pleas Branch (First Division). Emmett Field, Judge. Judgment for defendant. Plaintiff appeals.
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CASE 54. — ACTION BY DANIEL S. MANGAN’S, ADM’R, AGAINST THE LOUISVILLE ELECTRIC LIGHT CO. EOR CAUSING THE' DEATH OP PLAINTIFFS INTESTATE. — March 27. Appeal from Jefferson Circuit Court, Common Pleas Branch (First Division). Emmett Field, Judge. Judgment for defendant. Plaintiff appeals. (No brief in the record for appellee). POINTS AND AUTHORITIES. 1. A company which creates and places upon its wires an electric current of a voltage dangerous to human life, must see to it, at its peril, that the dangerous current does not escape therefrom into the houses, shops, or other private premises of…
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION op tub Court by
Chibp Justice Hobson
Reversing.
This action was brought by the appellant as administrator of the estate of Daniel S. Mangan, deceased, to recover of appellee damages for bis death which occurred from contact with an electric current in the machine shop of the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company in the city of Louisville. Upon th’e trial in the court below the jury returned a verdict for the appellee, and from the judgment refusing appellant a new trial and dismissing the action this, appeal is prosecuted.
The cause of action set out in the petition in brief is that the…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Haynes v. Kaleigh Gas Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1894
- McLaughlin v. Louisville Electric Light Co.Court of Appeals of Kentucky · 1896
- City Electric Street Railway Co. v. ConerySupreme Court of Arkansas · 1895
- Hill v. MooreTexas Supreme Court · 1892
- Alexander v. Nanticoke Light Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1904
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- Bowling Green Gas Light Co. v. Dean's Extx.Court of Appeals of Kentucky · 1911
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