Alabama Power Co. v. Irwin

SIMPSON, Justice.

This is a suit for wrongful death under the homicide statute. A trial by jury was had, resulting in a verdict in favor of the appellee in the amount of $20,000. The appeal challenges the action of - the trial court in refusing the affirmative charge for appellant and to grant its motion for a new trial on the ground of- the excessiveness of the verdict. Neither question is entirely free of difficulty.

Deceased was electrocuted when a metal pipe thirty feet long, which he and a fellow worker were removing from a water well pump, came in contact with an uninsulated 110-volt…