Yelverton v. Adams

HUTCHESON, Chief Judge.

Alleging that the negligence of defendants-appellees, ■ Adams, plaintiffs’ landlord, and Deep East Electrical Cooperative, Inc., their supplier of electrical current, in causing or permitting conditions which were the proximate cause of a fire of electrical origin resulting in the deaths of certain members of their family and injuries to others, appellants Yelverton and wife, individually and as next friend of their minor son, Benton Yelverton, Jr., brought this suit to recover their damages.

The defendants answered, denying that the fire was of electrical origin and…