Pressley v. Kinloch-Bloomington Telephone Co.

This was an action on the case brought by appellee, as administratrix of the estate of John W. Pressley, deceased, to recover for the death of her intestate, caused by an electric current received by him while acting as an electric light trimmer for the city of Bloomington. Both the appellant companies were made defendants.

This cause has been in this court on two different appeals (Pressley v. Kinloch-Bloomington Tel. Co., 158 Ill. App. 220, and 164 Ill. App. 167), where the facts relative to the cause of action are fully stated, and the cause was reversed and remanded each time. No change…