King v. Railway Express Agency, Inc.

In August 1956, the Dakota Electric Co. was engaged in making certain changes in the street wiring system for the City of Fargo. The street lighting heads were taken off the old trolley poles, which were to be removed, and attached to new, ornamental light poles. The plaintiff, John W. King, was an employee of the Dakota Electric Company and in charge of the particular work involved in this case. The place where this work was being done was at the intersection of Second Avenue North and Broadway, Fargo, North Dakota. There had been a steel guy wire across Broadway to which the electric wires…