Doughty v. Martin

BERRY, Justice:

This is an original action wherein Don Doughty and Public Service Company of Oklahoma request this Court to assume original jurisdiction and issue alternative writs of prohibition or mandamus. We assume jurisdiction and grant the writ of prohibition.

The facts are that on May 12, 1972, Er-vin Lee Brown, Jr., was working on a “well drilling and seismograph unit” as it stood parked next to his trailer house in *123Doughty’s trailer park located in the City of Weatherford, Oklahoma. Brown was electrocuted when the unit came into contact with an overhead electric line owned and…