Wade v. Empire District Electric Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Porter, J.:

At the first trial of this case the district court sustained a demurrer to plaintiff’s evidence. On appeal from that ruling the judgment was reversed and the case remanded for a new trial. (Wade v. Electric Co., 94 Kan. 462, 147 Pac. 63.) The case has been tried a second time, resulting in a verdict and judgment in plaintiff’s favor for $8000, from which judgment this appeal was taken.

The plaintiff brought the action to recover damages for the ■death of her husband, John Wade, on account of the alleged negligence of the defendant company.…