Ault v. Nebraska Telephone Co.

Duppie, C.

Tbe defendant company was constructing a line of telephone near tlie town of Tutan, Saunders county, Nebraska, in tlie months of December, 1905, and January, 1900. Two sets of men, known as groundmen and linemen, were engaged in the construction. The groundmen set the poles, and the linemen strung the wires. Each gang was in charge of a foreman who directed the work. The plaintiff was a lineman, and was severely injured by the breaking of a defective pole, upon which he, together with his foreman, was engaged in tightening the wires at the end. of the line. They were both near the…