Tennessee Electric Power Co. v. Hanson

About 7 A. M., on January 13, 1932, Henry Hanson was killed by a current of electricity which passed through his body from a wire or wires of the Tennessee Electric Power Company, which were attached to poles which had fallen or been blown down along the west side of the Santa Fe Pike. His widow as administratrix brought this action against the company for damages for wrongful death of her husband, alleging that the company was guilty of negligence in failing to maintain properly its said line, in that the poles were rotten, causing the line to fall upon the road; that the wires were…