Power Co. v. . Casualty Co.

This action was brought on a policy of insurance to recover a loss alleged to have been sustained by the plaintiff. In October, 1907, Walter H. Briscoe was injured by falling into a sunken tub or shallow well of hot water on the land of J. H. Bridgers, in Henderson, N.C. a narrow strip of land four feet wide between the Henderson Amusement Company building or theatre and the land of the Henderson Lighting and Power Company. The well was located and placed by the amusement company for its own purposes when its theatre was erected, about one year before the accident. The well was placed…