Kanipe v. Grundy County Rural Electric Co-Operative

Stiger, J.- —

About two o’clock on the afternoon of April 7, 1939, plaintiff’s husband, Chester A. Kanipe, an employee of the Cento Construction Company, was killed by contact with a live wire on an electric highline of defendant.

The Cento Construction Company, as an independent contractor, had .constructed several miles of defendant’s electric system. It appears defendant had accepted the project built by Cento Construction Company and was furnishing electricity to its customers several days prior to the death of Mr. Kanipe.

There were sags in the electric wires at several places on the line…