Southern Utilities Co. v. Murdock

William F. Murdock lived with his wife in Manatee, Florida. The house which they occupied was supplied with electrical current for domestic use by the Southern' Utilities Company, which operated an electric power plant in Bradenton, Florida, and supplied electric current for lights and power to neighboring towns including the town of Manatee.

About the first of December, 1925, Murdock left his house early in the morning to go to his place of business. He passed through the front door of his house to the porch and thence to the walk way leading to the street, about thirty or forty feet distant,…