Roush v. Johnson

Riley, Judge:

Ottie C. Roush, administrator of the estate of Roy Jeffers, deceased, instituted in the Court of Common Pleas of Kanawha County this action of trespass on the case against Dewey R. Johnson, doing business as West Virginia Distributing Company, and Woodrum Home Outfitting Company, a corporation, hereinafter referred to as the “distributing company” and the “outfitting company”, respectively, to recover damages for the alleged wrongful death of plaintiff’s decedent by electrocution. To a judgment in the plaintiff’s favor and against the defendants in the amount of ten thousand…