Jackson Fibre Co. v. Meadows

RICHARDS, Circuit Judge.

The defendant below, the Jackson Fibre Company, owned and operated a cotton factory in Tennessee, and, in connection with it, a private telephone and signal system running, by poles and wires, from its office to its barn. The plaintiff below, Meadows, did the general electrical work upon this system, keeping it in repair. He was not a lineman, nor had he ever worked for a telephone company. He states he was assistant electrician, the master mechanic, Mr. AVadleigh, being the chief electrician. He says he had nothing to do with the erection and inspection of the poles,…