Davis v. City of Independence.

This is an action for damages for personal injuries sustained by respondent while he was in the service of appellant, a municipal corporation. In the course of his employment, respondent, a lineman, climbed an electric light pole owned by appellant for the purpose of transferring wires from it to an adjacent pole. That pole to which respondent was clinging in the performance of his work broke off at the base and fell, respondent going down with it. Respondent recovered judgment for $15,000, and appellant appealed to this court.

It was undisputed that the pole which fell with respondent showed…