Jones v. City of Dyersburg

The City of Dyersburg- has appealed from a judgment of the Circuit Court of Dyer County, Tennessee, for $50,000 in favor of the^plaintiff below, Jesse Jones, for injuries sustained on September 24,1964. The plaintiff came in contact with an electrical transmission line carrying 7,600 volts while working on a pole about 25 feet above the ground. Plaintiff was so severely burned that both feet had to be amputated above the ankles. The case was tried without a jury.

Plaintiff Jones was employed as a second class lineman for Safeco Construction Company of Jackson, Mississippi. The City of…