Phillips v. Brownell Improvement Co.

Mr. Presiding Justice Gridley

delivered tlie opinion of the court.

This is an action for damages for personal injuries sustained by appellee, a carpenter, hereinafter referred to as plaintiff, while in the employ of appellant, hereinafter referred to as defendant. At the time of the accident, October 23,1908, plaintiff was working on a scaffold underneath a bridge in close proximity to two wires heavily charged with electricity, and, his right arm probably coming in contact with one of the wires, he received burns and fell to the ground, sustaining other injuries by reason of the fall. A…