Calderone v. St. Joseph Light & Power Co.

SHANGLER, Presiding Judge.

The plaintiff Calderone had judgment for personal injury from contact with a fallen electric power line owned by the defendant St. Joseph Light and Power Company. The plaintiff submitted his case to the jury on the theory that the defendant negligently failed, within a reasonable time after notice, to turn off the power to an uninsulated 7200 volt transmission line which was down and suspended across an intersection. The defendant submitted the contributory negligence of the plaintiff.

On this appeal the defendant Power Company contends for judgment on the ground that…