Georgia Power Co. v. Puckett

This case arose on account of an injury received by the plaintiff in catching hold of a broken telephone wire that had 'become charged with electricity from adjacent high-tension power lines of the defendant company. The defendant company denied liability, setting up that the plaintiff’s injuries were brought about by his own negligence and failure to exercise ordinary care to protect himself. It is contended by the defendant that the plaintiff’s own testimony shows this fact; that he was in charge of the Hamilton Telephone Company, and was an experienced lineman; that he knew that the power…