City of Timpson v. Powers

COMBS, Justice.

Ben Powers,- the plaintiff, was employed by the city of Timpson, which was defendant in the trial court, along with other employees, all members of a crew of workmen who were engaged in setting electric light poles upon which were to be strung the electric lines. The existing electric lines had be.en placed a number of years before on poles some twelve or fifteen feet in height and the insulation had rotted away, leaving the metal wires exposed and the lines had sagged to where they were in places, particularly at the point where the injury complained of occurred, about ten or…