Bartuluci v. San Joaquin Light & Power Corp.

This is an action for damages on account of electrical burns suffered by the plaintiff on June 3, 1935, when a hay derrick was brought into contact with an overhead power line. A jury returned a verdict in favor of the plaintiff and the defendant has appealed from the judgment.

The accident happened in a hay field belonging to one Rusconi. A power line consisting of three wires crossed this field to a pumping plant, having been built under an agree ment which provided that the appellant should construct and maintain the power line but that the materials used in the construction of the same…