Lamb v. Consumers Power Co.

This is an action under the survival act, 3 Comp. Laws 1929, § 14040 (Stat. Ann. § 27.684), to recover damages for the death of Robert Lee Lamb caused by coming in contact with a high tension wire owned and maintained by defendant company. The defendant company, a corporation, is engaged in generating and transmitting electricity. It maintains an electric power line in Wheatland township, Mecosta county, Michigan. The line was constructed to carry 6,600 volts, but later improved to carry 11,000 volts.

Plaintiff, Earl A. Lamb, as administrator of the estate of Robert Lee Lamb, deceased, was the…