Burns v. Carolina Power & Light Co.

WARING, Chief Judge.

The plaintiff, John Burns, and the defendant, J. M. Daley were fellow servants-employed at Consumer’s Brick Yard. Certain high voltage lines of the defendant, Carolina Power and Light Company, were-strung and maintained over the brick yard. It is alleged that this transmission line was of an insufficient height and created a danger to the employees of the brick yard and that the Power Company was familiar with the surroundings and knew that the brick yard used a long crane, and that there-was danger of contact. The plaintiff was-injured as a result of the crane coming in…