Henderson v. Kansas Power & Light Co‪.‬

The opinion of the court was delivered by This was an action to recover for personal injuries sustained
by plaintiff (appellee), who was severely and permanently injured
when electricity from defendant's (appellant's) high voltage line
jumped or arced into the mast portion of a television antenna.
Defendant appeals from an order of the trial court overruling its
demurrer to the petition. The petition, omitting the formal parts, alleged that plaintiff
was a part-time employee of one Mr. Starling in the installation
of television receivers and antennas. The property upon which the
accident in question occurred is known as 609 Lake Street in
Topeka, and the residence thereon faces east and is bordered on
the south by an alley. At a time prior to September 25, 1954,
defendant had erected poles and strung high voltage,
non-insulated wires and facilities along the north border of this
alley in such a manner that the cross arms and the wiring (the
power line of four wires had been joined to the cross arms by
insulators) extended over, above, across and completely along the
south side of the dwelling. On the day of the accident these
wires were carrying a current of 33,000 volts, which amount was
alleged by plaintiff
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