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COLE v. MISSISSIPPI POWER & LIGHT CO.

No. 8823.

100 F.2d 351 (1938)

COLE et al. v. MISSISSIPPI POWER & LIGHT CO.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

December 12, 1938.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Knox Lamb, of Greenwood, Miss., for appellants.

Marcellus Green, Garner Wynn Green, and Forest B. Jackson, all of Jackson, Miss., and Ed. C. Brewer and F. H. Montgomery, both of Clarksdale, Miss., for appellee.

Before FOSTER, SIBLEY, and McCORD, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

Appellants, father and other relatives of Robert Lee Cole, brought this suit to recover damages of $25,000 for his death, alleged to have been caused by his contact with a high tension electric wire on one of defendant's poles. The negligence charged was that defendant had equipped the pole carrying the wire with steps, making it attractive for children to climb, and had allowed the insulation of the high tension wire to become defective. Error is assigned...

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