Alabama Power Co. v. Sides

FOSTER, Justice.

This is an action against appellant, a distributer of electricity to the public, for damages for discontinuing electric service.

Appellant contended that it was justified in so doing because of the dangerous condition of plaintiff’s wires which received the service.

It is not disputed that the law exacts of defendant a high degree of responsibility when its customer has a defective condition rendering service by defendant dangerous, and that danger is known to defendant. Alabama Power Co. v. Jones, 212 Ala. 206, 101 So. 898; Alabama Power Co. v. Curry, 228 Ala. 444, 153 So. 634.

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