Ottman v. Wisconsin-Michigan Power Co.

The plaintiff is a painter. On the 21st day of June, 1928, he was engaged in painting a house in the city of Appleton. In order to reach the gable he placed a ladder on a balcony and raised it through electric wires entering the house well up towards the peak of the gable. There were three wires fourteen or fifteen inches apart. He climbed the ladder until he reached these wires and made a survey of the situation. In order to paint the peak of the gable he found that it would be necessary for him to project his body through these wires. He knew they were electric wires and that they were…