Dorssom v. Kansas Power and Light Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Price, J.:

This is an action to recover for personal injuries and property damage sustained in an automobile collision.

On Sunday morning, December 18, 1949, employees of defendant, The Kansas Power and Light Company (hereinafter referred to as the company), were engaged in setting an electric high-line pole immediately to the south of U. S. Highway No. 73 near Lancaster, in Atchison county. The morning was foggy and visibility was limited. At the place in question the highway runs east and west. It consisted of an old eighteen-foot concrete slab which…