Cooper v. Mayes

Legge, Justice.

Respondent, a farmer, also operated a cotton gin and warehouse in the town of Mayesville. In September, 1957, he employed appellant, an electrician of some 25 years’ experience, to install a new lighting system around the gin and the warehouse. While cutting the old wires, appellant was seriously injured as the result of electric shock. He brought this action for damages, alleging that his injury had been caused by respondent’s negligence in lulling him into a sense, of security by telling him that these old wires had not been used for many years and carried no current.…