Hrabak v. Madison Gas & Electric Co.

DUFFY, Chief Judge.

Defendant Madison Gas and Electric Company was the owner and operator of a steel tower electrical transmission line located at Madison, Wisconsin. Defendant’s only high voltage (69,000) system was 2.5 miles in length interconnecting the Wisconsin Power and Light Company’s transmission system with defendant’s Blount Street generating station.

In March, 1951, defendant contracted with Cassity-Richards, Inc. to paint the 36 towers and the dead-end structure of its high voltage system. The contract contained an indemnity clause under which Cassity-Richards, Inc. agreed to save…