Arkansas General Utilities Co. v. Shipman

This suit was begun in the Drew Circuit Court by appellee against the appellant to recover damages in the sum of $5,000 for personal injury, alleged to have been caused by the negligence of appellant.

The appellant operates an electrical system at Wilmar, Drew County, Arkansas, and it is alleged that it maintained an electrical transmission line, conveying 33,000 volts of electricity near appellee’s home, and also a service line of 110 volts; that on July 3, 1932, one of the 33,000-volt wires fell across the 110-volt wires, causing an unnecessary, excessive and dangerous amount of electricity…