Mississippi Power Co. v. Thomas

Under a franchise granted by the toivn of De Kalb; appellant owns and operates an electric lighting system in said town. . One of the service wires of appellant company extended across a street, which street was a part of a public highway known as the D'e Kalb and Summer-ville public road. This wire had originally been placed at a height above the street of fifteen feet. But, about two weeks before the injury hereinafter mentioned, some wagons loaded with camphouses had passed along this street, and the stove flues of these camphouses were of such height that they came in contact with said…