Thornton v. Union Electric Light & Power Co.

This is an action to recover damages for personal injuries. The trial, with a jury, resulted in a verdict for plaintiff for $7,500, and judgment was given accordingly. Defendant appeals.

The accident through which plaintiff sustained the injuries sued for occurred on U.S. Highway No. 61, on March 12, 1932, at a point about two miles south of Bonne Terre, in St. Francois county.

The petition alleges that prior to March 12, 1932, defendant had erected poles along the west side of said highway near the tops of which poles cross arms were fastened to carry defendant's wires which were heavily…