Mayhew v. Yakima Power Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Yakima county, Preble, J., entered March 21, 1912, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the defendant by direction of the court, in an action for personal injuries sustained through contact with electric wires on a highway.
1Opinion of the CourtChadwick, J.
Defendant is the owner of a high power transmission line in the Yakima valley. It runs parallel with and along the edge of the right-of-way of the public roads. The posts are set the usual distance apart, and the power line is run on cross-arms which are about forty feet above the ground. The voltage was very heavy, and there is evidence to sustain a finding that insulation would have been impractical if not impossible. Plaintiff, a boy of sixteen years, but well grown and strong, was employed as one of a hay stacking crew. Hay is usually stacked in the Yakima valley by means of a derrick.…
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