Saulman v. Mayor of Nashville
Tennessee Supreme Court
PROM DAVIDSON. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Davidson County do the Court of Civil Appeals, and by certiorari from ■.the Court of Civil Appeals to the Supreme Court. — ■ Thomas E. Matthews, Judge.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Buchanan
The question on which this case turns is whether, under its facts, the city, was, at the time of the acts on which its liability is predicated, engaged in the performance of a governmental function or a private one. The case is before us on certiorari. The court of civil appeals held that the city was engaged in the discharge of a governmental function.
The liability of the city is predicated upon the negligent construction and maintenance of a heavily charged electric light wire, which, on account of such *429negligence, came into contact with a guy wire attached to one of the poles of a…
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