City of Sebring v. Avant

On the 10th of February, A. D. 1926, while in the employ of the City of'Sebring, Edward Avant, defendant in error, was injured by the fall of an electric light pole. The pole was of cedar, about thirty feet long, had been used for about three years, but had been taken up some time before and was again set up by employes of plaintiff in error immediately preceding the accident in which Avant was hurt. Avant, in performance of his duty, climbed the pole, buckled his safety belt around it and was attempting to fasten a cross arm on which to string electric wires when it broke off at the ground…