Heath v. Salisbury Home Telephone Co.

BLAIR, P. J.-

Action for damages for the wrongful death of plaintiff’s unmarried, minor son, William C. Prine. Plaintiff had judgment for $5,000 against both defendants and each took an appeal to the Kansas City Court of Appeals. That court reversed the judgment and remanded the case, but, deeming its decision to be in conflict with a decision of the St. Louis Court of Appeals, the case was transferred to this court under the constitutional mandate.

Plaintiff’s son was nine years old. He was electrocuted on August 23, 1924, when he came in contact with a loose wire of the telephone company…