Sisk v. Crump

Stated in a condensed form, the material allegations of the appellant’s complaint are these: On and prior to May 5th, 1885, the appellee owned fifteen acres of land, bounded on the east by a public street of the city of Columbus, and along the line of this street he had constructed a barbed wire fence. The fence was composed of wooden posts and five strings of barbed iron wire. It was negligently constructed; the posts being insufficient to keep the wire at a proper tension, and the wires were not drawn into proper position. The wires were armed with sharp iron barbs placed along them at a…