Griffin v. Jackson Light & Power Co.

The plaintiff brings this action to recover for a negligent injury. The facts, as they *654appear b3T the testimony, are that the plaintiff was in the employ of the Schlitz Brewing Company, engaged in delivering beer to its customers. One Wright Calkins was a customer of the brewing company. On his premises, and in the cellarway through which plaintiff passed in delivering the beer, was an electric light, attached to a movable wire, supplied with a brass or metal handle or hanger, by which it was hung upon a nail in the cellar-way. The wire connecting therewith passed through a hole in the lower…