McKenzie v. Pacific Gas & Electric Co.

Facts

STONE, J.

These two separate actions were consolidated for trial; judgment of nonsuit was entered in each action; plaintiffs have appealed in both eases. The plaintiffs-appellants in one action are the widow and surviving children of Frank Wesley McKenzie, who was electrocuted when the tip of a television tower which he was employed to help move, touched a high tension line maintained by defendant-respondent, Pacific Gas & Electric Company. The other action was brought by plaintiff-appellant Roy Stumpff, a fellow employee of McKenzie, who suffered serious burns in the same accident.

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