Ark. Gen'l Utilities Co. v. Wilson, Adm'r

Late in the afternoon of May 8, 1937/ James Dodd, a man forty-five years of age, was walking towards the business section of "Wilmar, Arkansas, upon a dirt sidewalk in what is known as the negro quarter in that town, when he came in contact with one of appellant ’s electric wires, and was killed by the electricity with which- the wire was charged. The wire was 'broken between the two poles to which it had been attached, and was charged with 2,300 volts of electricity. It is not denied that deceased was killed by coming in contact with one of appellant A live electric wires, but the suit…