Manuel v. Pacific Gas & Electric Co.

Plaintiff was awarded damages against appellant for personal injuries inflicted by contacting a wire fence which had become charged with electricity from a fallen high-voltage wire.

At the conclusion of the trial the defendant moved for a directed verdict on the ground of the failure of any proof of negligence on the part of the defendant, which motion was denied, and thereafter moved for judgment notwithstanding the verdict upon the same ground. A motion for a new trial followed and, also, a motion to vacate the judg ment and verdict rendered in favor of the plaintiff against the defendant,…