City of Marlow v. Parker

The defendant city owned and operated a municipal light and power plant. Prom one of its lines the plaintiff received an electric shock which seriously injured him. He recovered a verdict and judgment therefor, and the defendant appeals.

The defendant’s first contention is that the evidence was insufficient to sustain the finding that it was negligent. Prom the evidence the jury was warranted in believing the following to be the facts:

One of the defendant’s main distributing lines was strung along an alley, such line being about 18 feet above the ground. One hundred feet south of this line was…