Memphis Consolidated Gas & Electric Co. v. Letson
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western District of Tennessee.
1Opinion of the Court
RICHARDS, Circuit Judge.
On May 19, 1903, J. J. Letson, a resident of Memphis, Tenn., was instantly killed by an electric shock received while turning on a 16 candle power incandescent lamp in the basement of his house. The lamp was a portable one, being attached to a cord. The deceased had been, since September 7, 1901, a patron of the Memphis Consolidated Gas & Electric Company, which had contracted to furnish him, for illuminating purposes, with a current of 104 volts to supply twenty 16 candle power incandescent lamps. Such a current is not regarded as dangerous to human life. Under the…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Snyder v. Wheeling Electrical Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1897
- Haynes v. Kaleigh Gas Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1894
- Baltimore & Potomac Railroad v. MacKeySupreme Court of the United States · 1895
- Fitzgerald v. Edison Electric Illuminating Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1901
- McLaughlin v. Louisville Electric Light Co.Court of Appeals of Kentucky · 1896
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- Shaw v. North Carolina Public-Service Corp.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1915
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