Stark v. Coles County Telephone & and Telegraph Co., 227 Ill. App. 627 (1922)

Oct. 25, 1922 · Illinois Appellate Court
227 Ill. App. 627

Elmer F. Stark, administrator of the estate of James Lowell Lewis, deceased, appellee, v. Coles County Telephone and Telegraph Company and Central Illinois Public Service Company, appellant.

Action for wrongful death of a pedestrian by contact with a charged wire hanging in an alley. Judgment for plaintiff. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Coles county; the Hon. Walter Brewer, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the April term, 1922.

Reversed and remanded.

Opinion filed October 25, 1922.

Vause & Kiger, for appellant. Emery Andrews and Raymond G. Real, for appellee.

Mr. Justice Heard

delivered the opinion of the court.