May v. City of Hannibal
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from Hannibal Common Pleas. — Eon. William T. Ragland, Judge. (1) The court erred in refusing to give appellant’s instruction offered at the close of plaintiffs’ case.
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Appeal from Hannibal Common Pleas. — Eon. William T. Ragland, Judge. (1) The court erred in refusing to give appellant’s instruction offered at the close of plaintiffs’ case. Chitty v. Railroad, 148 Mo. 64; McManamee v. Railroad, 135 Mo. 447; Beane v. Transit Co., 212 Mo. 331; Roscoe v. Railroad, 202 Mo. 587; Hector v. Boston Electric Light Co., 174 Mass.. 212; Jackson v. Butler, 155 S. W. 1071; Strayer v. Railroad, 156 S. W. 735; Clements v. Electric Co., 44 La. 692> (2) The court erred in giving plaintiffs ’ instruction to the effect that if Louis May received an electric shock from the…
1Opinion of the CourtNortoni, J.
— This is a suit under the wrongful death statute for damages accrued through defendant’s negligence with respect to its duty to insulate a wire employed- in transmitting electricity. Plaintiff recovered and defendant prosecutes the appeal.
Plaintiff’s minor son was in the employ of the Bell Telephone Company at the time of his death, and, while in the line of duty, came in contact with a wire owned by the defendant, city of Hannibal, and employed by it in the transmission of an electric current of high voltage. Because of the insecure insulation of this wire, the electric current was…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Waldhier v. Hannibal & St. Joseph RailroadSupreme Court of Missouri · 1880
- Orcutt v. Century Building Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1907
- Chitty v. St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1899
- McManamee v. Missouri Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1896
- Beave v. St. Louis Transit Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1908
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