Little v. Rome Railway & Light Co.

Eva Joe Little, by next friend, sued the Rome Railway & Light Company for damages on account of the death of her father, alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the defendant. The negligence alleged was that a pole which was rotten and on which were strung wires charged with 2300 volts of electricity was allowed to remain in a public street. Paragraph 6 of the petition alleged, that “the pole of defendant at the spot marked ‘A’ had fallen during the night, carrying with it the heavily-charged wires that were attached to it, and fell across the road at the point marked As said Smiley…