Consolidated Electric-light & Power Co. v. Healy

The opinion of the court was deliyered by

Doster, C. J.:

The Consolidated Electric-light and Power Company was given permission by the city of Kansas City to carry its electric wires on a viaduct constituting a part of one of the streets. This the company did by stringing them on timbers projecting out from the side of the viaduct or bridge. There were a number of wires placed at distances of about a foot to several feet from the ends of the boards constituting the floor of the bridge. The sides of the bridge were guarded by an iron railing or balustrade several feet high, running,…