Jackson Purchase Rural Electric Co-Op. Corp. v. Burns

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Cammack

Reversing.

This is an appeal from a judgment on a verdict awarding Leon Burns, plaintiff below, the sum of $500 for injuries sustained when he came in contact with one of the appellant’s power lines. The Rural Electric CoOperative is insisting that the judgment be reversed on the grounds that (1) it was entitled to a perémptory instruction at the close of the evidence offered by Burns; (2) the verdict is flagrantly and palpably against the evidence; and (3) the verdict can not be sustained because it was based upon testimony at variance with well established…