Arkansas-Missouri Power Co. v. Davis

Appellee James A. Davis, an employee of Paragould Poster Advertising Company, while acting in the due course of his employment, received serious electrical burns when he lost control of an aluminum ladder which he was attempting to hook onto a large signboard and it came in contact with an electric wire carrying 33,000 volts belonging to appellant Arkansas-Missouri Power Company. Appellee St. Paul-Mercury Indemnity Company is the carrier of the workmen’s compensation insurance covering Davis. A jury returned a verdict for appellees against the power company in the sum of $20,-000. The…