Legal Opinion
Howel v. San Joaquin Light & Power Corp.
California Court of Appeal
Decided November 19, 1927No. Docket No. 3354PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPlummer, J.
This action is prosecuted by Ruth L. Howell as the surviving widow and Eldon B. Howell as the surviving son of J. B. Howell, deceased, whose death is alleged to have been caused through the negligence of the defendant in maintaining an uninsulated highly charged electric wire in too close proximity to the ground on which the deceased was working at the time he met his death.
The record shows that in May, 1920, the defendant erected a power line in the agricultural section of Tulare County over a certain alfalfa field owned by one S. IT. Cinder. All the premises involved in this section are…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Giraude v. Elec. Improvement Co. of San JoseCalifornia Supreme Court · 1895
- Dorsey v. Phillips & Colby Construction Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1877
- Robinson v. Western States Gas & Electric Co.California Supreme Court · 1920
- Shade v. Bay Counties Power Co.California Supreme Court · 1907
- Fairbairn v. American River Elec. Co.California Supreme Court · 1918
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3Cited by21 opinions
- Sullivan v. Alabama Power Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1944
- Scott v. Pacific Power & Light Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1934
- McCormick v. Great Western Power Co.California Supreme Court · 1932
- Stasulat v. Pacific Gas & Electric Co.California Supreme Court · 1937
- Langazo v. San Joaquin Light & Power Corp.California Court of Appeal · 1939
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