Owen v. Appalachian Power Co.
West Virginia Supreme Court
Error to Circuit Court, Mercer County. Action by Reuben Owen against the Appalachian Power Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
Williams, Peesident:
Defendant is prosecuting this writ of error to a judgment of the circuit court of Mercer county against it for $15,000, recovered by Reuben T. Owen in an action for personal injury, alleged to have been caused by defendant’s negligence.
The Appalachian Power Company is a Virginia corporation engaged in the manufacture and sale of electrical power. The *598current is generated by means of water power on New River in the state of Virginia and is transmitted from the power plant to transformer houses where the current is increased, regulated and controlled, and thence carried by…
2Cases cited22 opinions
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- State v. CliffordWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1906
- Berns v. Graston Gas Coal Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1885
- Humphreys v. Newport News & M. V. Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1889
- Quesenberry v. People's Building, Loan & Savings Ass'nWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1898
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