San Juan Light & Transit Co. v. Requena
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE DISTRICT COURT OP THE UNITED STATES POR PORTO RICO. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Van Devanter
The judgment here to be reviewed is one awarding damages to a widow for the death of her husband, caused by an electric shock received while he was adjusting an incandescent light in his residence in San Juan, Porto Rico. The case presented by the evidence produced upon the trial, which was to the court and a jury, was this:
The defendant was supplying the inhabitants of San Juan with electricity for lighting purposes, and had engaged to deliver at the deceased’s residence a current suitable for fighting it. The electricity was conveyed along the street in front of his residence by a primary…
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