Southwestern Gas Electric Company v. Halter

Smith,' J.

Appellee sued appellant electric company and a fellow-servant named "Williamson to compensate personal injuries alleged to have been sustained by him while employed by appellant and engaged in cutting limbs from a tree which were in contact with electric wires, where the wires passed through a tree in the city of Mena.

Janes, the foreman of the crew of which appellee and Williamson were members, took them to the scene of their work, where they were instructed to trim the tree limbs in contact with the electric wires. The trees were about 25 to 30 feet high and 8 to 12 inches in…