Williams v. City of Canton

This suit1 was instituted against the appellee, ’ the city of Canton, seeking to recover damages for the death of a negro boy about ten or eleven years of age, who was killed by coming in contact with a wire owned, and operated by the said city and which was highly charged with electricity. The declaration charged no specific act of negligence, but alleged generally that the city carelessly and negligently allowed this wire to fall and remain in the street. There was a verdict in favor of the city, and, from the judgment entered in pursuance of this verdict, this appeal was prosecuted.

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