Electric Plant Board of the Russellville v. Dotson

MONTGOMERY, Judge.

Arthur Dotson recovered a judgment against the Electric Plant Board of the City of Russellville, et al., in the sum of $7,540.63 for damages for injuries received from an electrical shock. It is urged that the appellee, Dotson, assumed the risk of handling an electric wire and was guilty of contributory negligence as a matter of law. This is the decisive question.

The appellee is 57 years of age. He had engaged in farming and carpentry work. As a carpenter, he, had built barns and houses but had done no electrical work. For nine years next before his injury, he had operated a…