State Ex Rel. Missouri Public Utilities Co. v. Cox

The opinion of the Springfield Court of Appeals is reported as Book v. Missouri Public Utilities Co., 242 S.W. 433.

Suit for negligently permitting electricity to escape from wires, causing the death of Fred H. Book. In the court below, verdict and judgment for plaintiff administratrix for $5000. Judgment affirmed. Relator asks us to quash the record of the Court of Appeals for that its opinion disregards the latest rulings of this court.

Relator maintains, among other contentions, that the opinion of the Court of Appeals contravenes the last previous rulings of this court, on the subject,…