Southeastern Telephone Co. v. Payne

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Richardson

Reversing.

This appeal requires the review of a trial before a jury in an action for a personal injury, charged to have been sustained by Charley Payne while traveling' on the edge of a public highway by being struck on his arm, side, and back by a pole extending beyond the side of a Ford coupe which at the time was being used as an improvised truck in the transportation of the employees, tools, and implements of the Southeastern. Telephone Company for the jrarpose of resetting poles along the side of the highway to be used by the company in its business.

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