Dechant ex rel. Dechant v. City of Hays
Supreme Court of Kansas
Appeal from Ellis district court; Isaac T. Purcell, judge.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Haevey, J.:
This is a suit for damages for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained by a boy nine years of age, against a city of the second class, operating under the commission-manager form of government. The petition alleges that the city owned and operated an electric-light plant; that the electricity from one of its wires carrying a heavy voltage of electricity, because of improper insulation, was conducted by a guy wire from near the top of one of the poles to the ground and caused a steam or vapor to arise from the ground where the guy…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- McDonald v. City of Spring ValleyIllinois Supreme Court · 1918
- Murphy v. . Village of Fort EdwardNew York Court of Appeals · 1915
- Gay v. City of CambridgeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1880
- Morgan v. City of Des MoinesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1894
- Pender v. City of SalisburySupreme Court of North Carolina · 1912
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- Lazich v. BelangerMontana Supreme Court · 1940
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