Hamilton v. Laclede Electric Cooperative

BOHLING, Commissioner.

Ethel F. Hamilton, plaintiff, sued the Laclede Electric Cooperative, a corporation, defendant, for $10,000 damages for injuries received as the alleged result of negligence in the construction and maintenance of a high voltage uninsulated electric wire in use to supply electric power to plaintiff’s farm home. The court sustained defendant’s motion for a directed verdict at the close of plaintiff’s case on the ground plaintiff’s evidence established her contributory negligence as a matter of law.

Plaintiff and her husband were engaged in removing a pipe and pump from a…