Gouger v. Tennessee Valley Authority

Mr. Justice .Tomlinson

delivered the opinion of the Court.

Plaintiff in error, a fourteen year old boy, sued the Tennessee Valley Authority for an electric shock and consequent injuries' received when he climbed a steel tower of the Tennessee Valley Authority up or hear to the point where several high voltage uninsulated wires used for the transmission of electricity were strung. He has appealed from the judgment of the Circuit Court sustaining a demurrer to the declaration and dismissing his suit.

Several years before the accident the Tennessee Valley Authority had built this as one of its…