Florida Power Light Co. v. Bridgeman, (1938)
Court: Supreme Court of Florida
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Visitors: 9
Judges: PER CURIAM.
Attorneys: Patterson, Blackwell Knight, for Plaintiff in Error;
Henry L. Williford, James E. Kirk, Randolph Calhoun and John L. Early, for Defendants in Error.Knight Green, for Plaintiff in Error;
Henry L. Williford, James E. Kirk, Randolph Calhoun and John L. Early, for Defendants in Error.
Filed: Feb. 14, 1938
Latest Update: Mar. 02, 2020
Summary: [EDITORS' NOTE: THIS PAGE CONTAINS HEADNOTES. HEADNOTES ARE NOT AN OFFICIAL PRODUCT OF THE COURT, THEREFORE THEY ARE NOT DISPLAYED.] *Page 197 [EDITORS' NOTE: THIS PAGE CONTAINS HEADNOTES. HEADNOTES ARE NOT AN OFFICIAL PRODUCT OF THE COURT, THEREFORE THEY ARE NOT DISPLAYED.] *Page 198 [EDITORS' NOTE: THIS PAGE CONTAINS HEADNOTES. HEADNOTES ARE NOT AN OFFICIAL PRODUCT OF THE COURT, THEREFORE THEY ARE NOT DISPLAYED.] *Page 199 This is an action brought by the minor children of Mrs. Pauline Bridgem
Summary: [EDITORS' NOTE: THIS PAGE CONTAINS HEADNOTES. HEADNOTES ARE NOT AN OFFICIAL PRODUCT OF THE COURT, THEREFORE THEY ARE NOT DISPLAYED.] *Page 197 [EDITORS' NOTE: THIS PAGE CONTAINS HEADNOTES. HEADNOTES ARE NOT AN OFFICIAL PRODUCT OF THE COURT, THEREFORE THEY ARE NOT DISPLAYED.] *Page 198 [EDITORS' NOTE: THIS PAGE CONTAINS HEADNOTES. HEADNOTES ARE NOT AN OFFICIAL PRODUCT OF THE COURT, THEREFORE THEY ARE NOT DISPLAYED.] *Page 199 This is an action brought by the minor children of Mrs. Pauline Bridgema..
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I concurred in the original opinion in this case and concur in the opinion rendered on rehearing, but I do not construe either opinion to mean that when an electrical power company is notified of trouble on a line it becomes its duty to cut off all current.
To do so would probably endanger more lives than it would protect. The legal duty is to immediately locate the trouble, ascertain the character and extent thereof and to with all reasonable speed do that which is found to be needful to protect lives and property from the dangers incident to the disarrangement of the flow of the electrical current.
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