Eff-Ess, Inc. v. New York Edison Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the CourtTownley, J.
Plaintiff corporation operates a restaurant. It brought this action to recover damages claimed to have resulted because defendant cut off all supply of electric current without notice and made it impossible for plaintiff to continue its business.
At the trial the stoppage of the supply of electric current was conceded. Sufficient evidence of loss of business to the plaintiff was adduced to support the amount of the verdict.
Defendant pleaded by way of confession and avoidance that the stoppage of service was justified because plaintiff had been stealing electric current by tampering with the…
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