Jackson v. Mountain Utilities Corp.

Plaintiff in error, as plaintiff, on the 14th day of December, 1951, filed a complaint in damages against the Mountain Utilities Corporation in the district court of Grand county. He alleged that on the 15th day of July, 1951, defendant had negligently maintained a rotted power-line pole which was part of a power line running along a road adjacent to plaintiff’s home and fishing resort; that the pole became loosened and fell, carrying with it the power transmission lines in such a manner that they extended across the road at a distance of about one foot from the ground near the roadway…