Johnson v. Johnson City

We speak of the parties as they appéared in the trial court.

Plaintiff sued the defendant, the owner of an electrical distribution system, for personal injuries he sustained when a television test antenna he was raising came in contact with an uninsulated 7,200 volt “high” line of defendant. At the close of all the proof, the trial judge sustained defendant’s motion for peremptory instructions, holding the defendant was not guilty of any negligence and that plaintiff’s injuries were the result of his own negligence. Plaintiff perfected this appeal, insisting the evidence was sufficient to take…