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ISBELL v. STRIDER

241 S.W.2d 828 (1951)

ISBELL v. STRIDER et al.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

July 27, 1951.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J.G. Lackey, Jr., and E.J. Walsh, Nashville, for plaintiff in error.

George H. Armistead, Jr., Nashville, for Strider & Wood.

Will R. Manier, Jr., Nashville, for Electric Membership Corp.

TOMLINSON, Justice.

T.M. Strider and Company, as an independent contractor, built a spur line railroad track in Rutherford County for the N.C. & St. L. Railway Company. This railroad was constructed "under the high voltage, dangerous and deadly" uninsulated electric wire lines of Middle Tennessee Electric Membership Corporation. The space between the railroad track and these electric wires was not sufficient "to prevent any one riding or standing on top of the...

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