Dansbery v. Northern States Power Co.

The defendant company maintained a service wire which extended from one of its transformers across the building of the Laundry Company and conveyed an electric current of 440 volts. The Laundry Company *589maintained a number of guy wires which were attached to the smokestack, on which was located an iron collar, and one of these guy wires, extended over the service wire, was fastened to the collar, and prior to the accident had sagged so that it came in contact with the service' wire. An examination of this service wire after the accident disclosed that the insulation at or about the point of…