Blankette v. Public Service Co.

In an action brought by Peter and Leah Blankette against the Public Service Company of Colorado, the trial court granted the defendant’s motion for a nonsuit, and thereupon dismissed the action. To the judgment of dismissal the plaintiffs sued out this writ of error.

The plaintiffs sued for damages for the destruction of their dwelling house by fire, caused, they say, by negligence on the part of the defendant.

The evidence was to the following effect: The defendant furnished electricity to light the plaintiffs’ dwelling house near Louisville. The current was carried from the defendant’s…