Bennett v. Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Co.

HILL, Judge.

This is an action arising out of an accident that occurred on the farm of Cletus Lewis, Henderson, Kentucky. The Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company and the Henderson-Union Rural Electric Cooperative Corporation maintain and operate lines crossing a field owned by Lewis.

Appellant Edward Lee Bennett contracted with Lewis to cut soybeans in said field. It appears that a wire belonging to Southern Bell, which was beneath the one belonging to Henderson-Union Rural Electric, had sagged crossing the field to such an extent that the elevator on Bennett’s combine came in contact…