DETROIT EDISON CO. v. KNOWLES

No. 9998.

152 F.2d 422 (1945)

DETROIT EDISON CO. v. KNOWLES.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

December 13, 1945.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard Ford, of Detroit, Mich. (Harvey A. Fischer, Richard Ford, Hull, Brown & Fischer, Leon R. Jones, Norman R. Barnard, and Frederick C. Vieson, all of Detroit, Mich., on the brief), for appellant.

Hugh K. Davidson, of Detroit, Mich. (Hugh K. Davidson and Edgar A. Beauchamp, both of Detroit, Mich., and Roy A. McGinty, of Melvindale, Mich., on the brief), for appellee.

Before HICKS and MARTIN, Circuit Judges, and RAYMOND, District Judge.


RAYMOND, District Judge.

Plaintiff's husband, John Knowles, was electrocuted on June 6, 1943, in consequence of contact with a high tension transmission cable which dropped from a pole owned and maintained by defendant, upon an automobile driven by plaintiff.

Plaintiff alleges that as she was driving south on Telegraph Road near Detroit, she was forced to turn off the highway by what appeared to be a ball of fire descending onto the right hand side of the...

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