Riverside & Dan River Cotton Mills, Inc. v. Thaxton

Charles Melvin Thaxton was employed by the Riverside and Dan River Cotton Mills, Inc., on April 27, 1932, as an electrician. His superior, in official position, was J. A. Guy, who was the chief electrician and superintendent of electric power and light. The mills maintain light and power lines in the village of Schoolfield, adjoining the city of Danville. Both the light and power lines were strung or carried on the same poles, which were concrete. The light wires carried 110 voltage and the power wires 2,300 voltage. The current for the light wires was con trolled by a switch at the power…