THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE NARSING RAO NANDIKONDA AND

COMMON JUDGMENT:

The appeal suit is filed under Section 96 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 by the Appellant/Defendnats against the judgment and decree passed by the Senior Civil Judge, Huzurabad, Karimnagar, (hereinafter referred to ‘learned trial court’) in O.S.No.15 of 1998, dated

25.04.2001.

2. For the sake of convenience, the parties will be hereinafter referred to as they are arrayed before the learned trial court.

3. The brief facts of the case are that the plaintiffs being the legal heirs of the deceased viz., Veeraswami, have filed a suit for recovery of Rs.2,50,000/- (Rupees Two Lakhs Fifty Thousand Only) with an interest of 18% per annum for the damages from the date of death of the deceased Veeraswamy from the defendants.

4. Learned counsel for the appellant contended that the deceased on the intervening night of 27/28.10.1997, at 2:00 a.m. was returning from the cattle shed situated in front of his house after tying the bulls in the cattle shed, suddenly the current wires with equipment fell down from the pole and the deceased came in contact with the live wire due to which he died on the spot. It is contended that the