City of Shawnee v. Sears
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Error from District Court, Pottawatomie County; W. N. Maben, Judge. Action by May Sears against the City of Shawnee, a municipal corporation. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
BREWER, C.
May Sears, about 6 a. m., May 1, 1904, who was at the time about twelve years of age, slipped and fell against a guy rod erected and maintained by the Shawnee Light & Power Company, a corporation, and was severely burned by reason of the rod having become charged the night preceding with electricity. She sued and recovered a judgment against the light company, which on appeal was sustained by this court. 21 Okla. 13, 95 Pac. 449. The light company became insolvent, and the judgment could not be collected, and this present suit was brought against the city of Shawnee, and…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Hayes v. Inhabitants of Hyde ParkMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1891
- Shawnee Light & Power Co. v. SearsSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1908
- City of Denver v. SherretCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1898
- Fox v. . Village of ManchesterNew York Court of Appeals · 1905
- City of McKeesport v. McKeesport & Reynoldton Passenger Railway Co.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1896
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3Cited by3 opinions
- City of Lawton v. HillsSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1916
- City of Muskogee v. TurnerSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1940
- City of Wagoner v. BlackSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1939