Scott v. Pacific Power & Light Co.

This action was instituted to recover •from defendant corporation and its manager for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff as the result of his bringing an iron pole, which he was removing from the roof of a building in Yakima, into contact with, or near to, a high-voltage distributing electric line of defendant corporation. From judgment entered on the verdict in favor of plaintiff, motions for judgment notwithstanding the verdict and for a new trial having been denied, the defendants appealed.

Respondent was employed by the Liberty Theatre Company, of Yakima, two days a week as a…