Fix v. Pennsylvania Power & Light Co.

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Patterson,

This was an action of trespass to recover damages for alleged wrongful death.

William Fix, the deceased, met his death by electrocution while employed as an electrician by the contractor for the newly constructed United States Postoffice building in the Borough of Wyomissing. During the period of construction electricity was supplied over a system of temporary wires which entered the basement of the building through a door in the north wall, ran along the north wall a distance of 17 feet to lugs at the top of a switch box affixed to the north wall near the…