Clark v. Longview Public Service Co.

Near the city of Longview, the ■appellant constructed and maintained, on the property of a diking and drainage district, an electrical transformer and other appliances for reducing and stepping down the high voltage used by it. for power in'the operation, of the district’s-pumps-. The transformer consisted of a great number of wires highly'charged with electricity. . The pump-house and transformer abut upon a highly-traveled public road,- and the high-tension wires were brought down vertically from the transmission line near the pump-house and were weather-proofed and had the appearance of an…