Alabama Power Co. v. Emens

BROWN, Justice.

Action on thé casé against a public service corporation engaged in the business of generating and distributing electricity and selling and installing electrical equipment for domestic use,-by one of its patrons, for damages resulting from the destruction of the plaintiff’s residence and its furnishings by fire alleged to have been communicated to said building as the proximate consequence of defendant’s negligence.

The case was submitted to the jury on count 1 of the complaint, and the plea of the general issue. Said count, after averring the character of the business in which…