Stone v. City of Pleasanton

The opinion of the court was delivered by

MARSHALL, J.:

The plaintiff, a boy thirteen years old, recovered a judgment for $19,000 for injuries received when he came in contact with a live electric light wire operated by the defendant. The defendant appeals.

*380Part of the electric light system consisted of a pole on which were strung several bare electric light wires carrying 2,300 volts of electricity. To the top of the pole a guy wire had been attached and fastened to a near-by tree. The tree was cut down about four months before the plaintiff was injured, and the guy wire was left hanging from…