Bunten v. Eastern Minnesota Power Co.

1 Reported in 228 N.W. 332. Trunk highway No. 1 and the Northern Pacific railroad pass in a north and south direction through Rock Creek, a village in Pine county having a population of about 200. A spur track on which cars are loaded and unloaded extends about 1,000 feet in a southwesterly direction from the main track of the railroad. Defendant's power line, constructed in 1909 and supported by wooden poles, passes over this spur track. The power line consists of three wires placed in a triangular position, one being attached to the top of the poles and one to each end of short cross-arms…