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- Title: Edward O. Gunn v. City Jacksonville
- Author : Supreme Court of Florida
- Release Date : January 27, 1914
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 58 KB
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WHITFIELD, J. -- In eight counts using varying language the declaration alleges that the city owned, controlled, managed and operated an electric plant located in a certain building in said city; that Gunn was in the employ of the city in said building to work in and about said electrc light plant; that while Gunn was engaged in performing his duties in said electric light plant at night, by reason of the carelessness and negligence of the defendant under stated circumstances in leaving the ends of its wires without insulation, and said wires being charged with electricity, the plaintiff, Gunn, received an electric shock which injured him. The case was tried on issues of not guilty, of contributory negligence and of assumed risk. There was also a special plea averring the machinery was purchased from a reputable manufacturer, and was of the newest and best type of machinery for that purpose; but this special plea was apparently not utilized in the trial, and it may well be eliminated as not essential to a proper determination of the negligence alleged. Upon the conclusion of the plaintiff's testimony, the court directed a verdict for the defendant, and a writ of error was taken by the plaintiff to the judgment entered on such directed verdict.