MARTIN, District Judge.
In this case, the jury reported a verdict in favor of plaintiff for $20,000 damages (the full ad damnum) for the negligent killing of plaintiff's intestate, her young son, by electrocution resulting from the wrongful act of defendant Power Company in maintaining a defectively insulated wire, which passed through a tree in such manner as to constitute an attractive nuisance to children.
The proof established gross negligence on the part...
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