Kahn v. Kittanning Electric Light Co.

Citations

• 238 Pa. 70
• 85 A. 1117
• 1913 Pa. LEXIS 926

Syllabus

<p>Negligence — Electric light company — Brolcen live wire — Death— Evidence.</p> <p>In ,an action against an electric light company to recover damages for the death of a boy thirteen years old, binding instructions for the defendant are proper where the evidence shows that the boy left his home for his work about seven o’clock on the - morning of the accident, that a few moments later he was found lying upon the street suffering from a severe burn in the hand caused by contact with a broken live wire belonging to defendant, from which burn he subsequently died; and there is no evidence to show what caused the break in the wire, nor how long the wire lay upon the ground after it was broken.</p>