McKinney Ice, Light & Coal Co. v. Montgomery
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Collin County; W. J. Mathis, Judge. Action by J. H. Montgomery against the McKinney Ice, Light & Coal Company and the City of McKinney, with cross-bills by defendants against each other. Judgment for plaintiff against defendants, and against each defendant on its cross-bill, and defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtRasburx, J.
The appellee on September 12, 1912, while in the act of turning off the electric current from a light in his bathroom, was seriously burned and shocked as the result of a heavy charge of electricity passing into his body. The light was what is termed •a droplight, and consisted of a brass-receiving socket and globe attached to an insulated cord suspended from the ceiling. When ap-pellee seized the light to turn it off, the current was so great he was unable to release it. In his struggles his thigh came in contact with a lavatory in the bathroom, which appears to have increased the current,…
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