BUSH v. AIKEN ELECTRIC COOP., INC.

16953

226 S.C. 442 (1955)

85 S.E.2d 716

NATHANIEL BUSH, by G.A.L., Jackson Bush, Respondent, v. AIKEN ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, INC., Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

January 24, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. Whaley & McCutchen and Hoover C. Blanton, of Columbia, and Joe F. Anderson, of Edgefield, for Appellant.

Messrs. B.E. Nicholson and J.R. Folk, of Edgefield, for Respondent.


January 24, 1955.

OXNER, Justice.

This action, which is based on the "attractive nuisance" doctrine, was brought for the recovery of damages sustained by plaintiff when he climbed one of defendant's poles and came in contact with a high voltage electric wire. The case is here on appeal from an order (1) overruling a demurrer interposed by the defendant upon the ground that as a nonprofit rural electric cooperative...

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