Lynch v. Meyersdale Electric Light, Heat & Power Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 175, Oct. T., 1920, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Somerset Co., May T., 1920, No. 55, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Elizabeth Lynch v. Meyersdale Electric Light, Heat & Power Co. Trespass for death of plaintiff’s husband. Before Berkey, P. J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff for $5,357. Defendant appealed.
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Appeal, No. 175, Oct. T., 1920, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Somerset Co., May T., 1920, No. 55, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Elizabeth Lynch v. Meyersdale Electric Light, Heat & Power Co. Trespass for death of plaintiff’s husband. Before Berkey, P. J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff for $5,357. Defendant appealed. Errors assigned were various rulings and instructions, appearing by the opinion of the Supreme Court, quoting record.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Moschzisker,
Elizabeth Lynch sued the Meyersdale Electric Light, Heat and Power Company, to recover damages for the death of her husband, Richard W. Lynch, who, she alleged, died from the results of defendant’s negligence. Plaintiff obtained a verdict upon which judgment was entered, and defendant has appealed.
On October 10,1919, at about eight o’clock p. m., Richard W. Lynch, while using an incandescent electric light, of the ordinary type, attached to a cord some fifteen feet long, in the cellar of his residence at Meyersdale, Pennsylvania, received a shock which threw…
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