Brash v. Appalachian Electric Power Co.

Berry, Judge:

This action of trespass on the case was instituted in the Circuit Court of Fayette County, West Virginia, by Thomas K. Brash, Administrator of the estate of Thomas D. Brash, deceased, plaintiff, against the Appalachian Electric Power Company, a corporation, defendant, for the wrongful death by electrocution of plaintiff’s decedent. The defendant filed a demurrer to the declaration and also filed a plea in abatement contending that the summons was not served on a proper officer of the corporate defendant.

At the April, 1958, term of said Court, the case was set down for trial on…