Texas Power & Light Co. v. Burt

ALEXANDER, Justice.

James Brundage, who will be referred to as plaintiff, climbed one of the electric light towers belonging to the Texas Power & Light Company located in Cameron Park near the city of Waco and received an electric shock from one of the high-tension wires supported thereon and was injured thereby. This suit was brought to recover the resulting damages. The jury found that the injured'boy-was attracted by the tower in question; that the Light Company should have contemplated that boys of the same age and intelligence would be attracted by the tower and caused to climb thereon;…