Connolley Ex Rel. Connolley v. Omaha Public Power District

Kokjer, District Judge.

The plaintiff was injured by electricity when a metal flagpole he was helping, to lower came in contact with a wire of defendant’s transmission line. He claims that defendant is liable for his damages because the wire, at the point of contact, hung over the property of plaintiff’s family 54/Í00ths of a foot. No negligence on the part of the defendant was proved. The claim for recovery is bdsed on the asserted trespass of defendant úpon the property. When the evidence' was completed, defendant moved for a directed verdict or for a dismissal of the. case. The motion was…