Eastern Texas Electric Co. v. Rhymes

Appellee W. J. Rhymes brought this suit against appellant to recover damages for personal injuries, alleging that, while in the due performance of duties owed by him to his master, the Texas Company, he was burned by an electric current passing over the wires of appellant. On his al-' legations, he was preparing to repair some insulators on a pole installed by appellant to carry its electric wires, and, while in di»-charge of this duty, was injured through appellant’s negligence. On the facts, at the time Rhymes was injured, appellant was furnishing appellee the Texas Company electric current…