Book v. City of Henderson

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Clarke

Reversing,

The city of Henderson owns and operates its own electric light plant, and, on September' 28, 1916, main-, tained, at Third and Creen streets, electric light wires over which it transmitted electric current for sale. The Henderson Telephone & Telegraph Company, at the same time and place, maintained telephone wires that crossed over, and about five feet above, the city’s electric light wires.

Appellant, H. H. Book, plaintiff below, filed this action against the city to recover damages for injuries re*786eeived by him on the date above mentioned, alleging…