Cathey v. Arkansas Power & Light Co.

The appellant brought suit in the Jackson circuit court against the Arkansas Power & Lig'ht Company, appellee, for damages to his land alleged to have been caused by erecting poles, upon which appellee strung heavy metallic wires and cables, over which was passed a powerful and dangerous current of electrical energy; that said trespass was committed without permission of the appellant, and without compensating or paying appellant anything, and that his land had been damaged in the sum of $600. It was further alleged in appellant’s complaint that appellee had cut down and destroyed trees that…