City of Chattanooga v. Shackleford

Eeferring to the parties as they appeared below, this action was instituted to recover damages for the wrongful death of plaintiff’s husband, William B. Shackleford, a roofer 42 years of age, who was killed when a piece of guttering he was handling came in contact with an uninsulated 2400 volt electric wire maintained by the defendant, City of Chattanooga, as a part of its electrical distribution system. The accident occurred on July 1, 1954, while the deceased and a helper, John Thomasson, were preparing to replace the old guttering on a two-story brick building, located on the south east…