Burns v. Johns

The city of Tacoma owns and operates an electric light and power plant. It generates the electricity necessary for its uses and distributes it to its consumers by means of appliances usually used in such cases. On Tacoma avenue, it has a system of wires fastened to the top of poles set on the margin of the avenue. The part of the avenue opened for public travel is paved for a width of some fifty-five feet, ahd the poles mentioned are so placed as not to interfere therewith. The respondent, Burns, was an employee of the city; his duties being to assist in and superintend the repair of the…