Colorado Utilities Corp. v. Casady

Milo Edwin Casady, a minor, herein referred to as Milo, or the plaintiff, recovered judgment against the Colorado Utilities Corporation, called herein the defendant, in a personal injury action.

In November, 1926, the defendant constructed an electric transmission line along the side of the main highway running west from Steamboat Springs. At the place where the accident occurred, about four miles from Steamboat Springs, the road passed through a cut. The south bank was very low. The north bank was about eight or ten feet high. The soil there was “very soft and muddy,” due to spring weather…