Smith v. Allegheny County Light Co.

Citations

• 251 Pa. 486
• 96 A. 1088
• 1916 Pa. LEXIS 489

Syllabus

<p>Negligence — Electric companies — Master and servant — Wires defectively insulated — Plaintiffs duty to inspect — Judgment for defendant n. o. v.</p> <p>In an action against an electric light company to recover damages for the death of plaintiff’s husband occasioned by his coming in contact with a heavily charged electric light wire in his own shop, judgment was properly entered for the ‘defendant n. o. v. where it appeared that the wire in question had come in contact with another heavily charged wire in consequence of defective insulation, that deceased was an employee of the defendant company and that it was his duty to inspect the wires and poles within the district where the accident happened, and that within a few days preceding the accident deceased had received notice of two or three electrical disturbances in the lighting of other buildings in the neighborhood.</p>