Black Warrior Electric Membership Corporation v. Mississippi Power Company, Mississippi Power Company v. R. B. Stovall Construction Co.

GODBOLD, Circuit Judge:

We again consider whether an indemnity provision in a contract requires the indemnitor to save harmless the in-demnitee from the consequences of the indemnitee’s negligence. On April 9, 1965 Black Warrior Electric Membership Corporation (Black Warrior or indem-nitee), an Alabama corporation, entered into an agreement, with Mississippi Power Company (Mississippi Power or indemnitor) permitting Mississippi Power to construct, operate and maintain poles, wires and appliances for the transmission of electric energy across Black Warrior’s transmission lines and rights-of-way…