Ledet v. Lockport Power & Light Co.

Hamilton Ledet and Mrs. Ida Molaison Ledet, his wife, claim of Lockport Light & Power Company, Inc., $10,000 in damages because of the death of their son, Wilton Ledet.

One of the defendant’s high-powered wires carrying 2,300 volts of electricity, used by defendant for power and lighting purposes along the highway leading from its plant at Lockport to the Lafourche Crossing, for some reason broke and fell, so that it was hanging on a fence near the ground, close to the highway paralleling Bayou Lafourche.

Plaintiff’s son took hold of the wire near the broken end and was instantly killed by the…