Ball v. Gulf States Utilities Co.

This suit was filed by appellants, B. B. Ball and wife, the parents of Dewey Maris Ball, a little boy about ten years old, against appellee, Gulf States Utilities Company, for damages for personal injuries suffered by Dewey Maris on the 23d day of July, 1935. Judgment was entered in favor of appellee on an instructed verdict.

Briefly stated, the facts were as follows: Appellee maintains and operates high power lines on the main highway — a public road — between Batson and Saratoga in Hardin County. This road was not paved, but had been graveled, and had been maintained as a public road for…