Shannon Ex Rel. Shannon v. Kansas City Light & Power Co.

Kansas City Light & Power Company appeals from a judgment in the Circuit Court of Jackson County for $30,000, awarded respondent as damages for personal injuries resulting from electrical burns.

The principal allegations of plaintiff’s amended petition are that defendants operated and maintained electric light systems in Kansas City, Missouri, and in doing' so provided, placed and maintained wires strung on poles in and about said city; “that said wires carried an electric current for lighting streets and furnishing light and power to residences and business houses in said city; that two or…