Raulf v. Elizabeth City Light & Power Co.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
ActioN tried before Bond, J., and a jury, at February Term, 1918, of Pasquotank. Tbe action was to recover damages for alleged negligent killing of' plaintiff’s intestate, and there was evidence tending to show that, in November, 1916, intestate, a vigorous young man, was working as an employee in tbe drug store of Pendleton & Perry; that there was used in this store, for the purpose of mixing milk shakes and other drinks, "an appliance operated by electricity supplied by…
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ActioN tried before Bond, J., and a jury, at February Term, 1918, of Pasquotank. Tbe action was to recover damages for alleged negligent killing of' plaintiff’s intestate, and there was evidence tending to show that, in November, 1916, intestate, a vigorous young man, was working as an employee in tbe drug store of Pendleton & Perry; that there was used in this store, for the purpose of mixing milk shakes and other drinks, "an appliance operated by electricity supplied by the Light and Power Company over a service wire running into said store, £,nd, under a contract that said power be…
1Opinion of the Court
Pee Cueiam.
There was ample evidence of negligence on the part of defendant, the Light and Power Company, both as to insufficient insulation of its wires, their improper placing on the poles, the primary wire being too near the service wires, and also in the failure of the defendant-company and its employees to shut off the current in time after the primary wire had broken, and defendant knew it, or had fair opportunity to know it, and of the dangers that imminently threatened by reason of the conditions presented. There was some opposing testimony from defendants tending to negative…
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