Altman-Rodgers Company v. Smith

Appellee brought suit against the Southwestern Bell Telephone Company, appellant, and others to recover damages in the sum of $30,000 for an injury received by him from a telephone wire stretched across State Highway No. 67 near Beebe, which struck and threw him from a load of hay on which he was riding. It was alleged that appellants and the other defendants had moved the wire, and in replacing it had negligently lowered its position, thereby causing the injury.

A separate answer was filed by appellant and two other defendants, denying the material allegations of the complaint, and later…