Texarkana Telephone Co. v. Pemberton
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Miller Circuit Court; Jacob M. •Carter, Judge; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. This is a suit brought by Henry Pemberton to recover for personal injuries caused by reason of the negligence of the Texarkana Telephone Company in failing to repair certain dangerous wires within a reasonable time, as Pemberton was led to believe would be done.
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Appeal from Miller Circuit Court; Jacob M. •Carter, Judge; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. This is a suit brought by Henry Pemberton to recover for personal injuries caused by reason of the negligence of the Texarkana Telephone Company in failing to repair certain dangerous wires within a reasonable time, as Pemberton was led to believe would be done. About dark on the 19th day of November, 1906, the plaintiff and John Few, “trouble shooters” for the Texarkana Telephone Company, were sitting in the office of Roy Taylor, the wire chief of the company, after their day’s work was done. Mrs. De Grazier…
1Opinion of the Court
Hart, J.,
(after stating the facts.) The defendant bases its objection to the first instruction given by the court, and to the refusal of the court to give the instructions asked by it, upon the ground that the record discloses no 'evidence to sustain the position ■ assumed by plaintiff that the wire chief stood in the relation of vice-principal to the defendant. “Electrical companies, in the maintenance of their wires, owe to their employees, as well as to others who' may of right, either for pleasure or work, be in the vicinity of such wires, the duty of exercising reasonable care, that is,…
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