JOHNSON v. JOHNSON CITY


292 S.W.2d 794 (1956)

Gaines H. JOHNSON, Plaintiff and Plaintiff in Error, v. JOHNSON CITY, Defendant and Defendant in Error.

Court of Appeals of Tennessee, Eastern Section.

Certiorari Denied April 6, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas E. Mitchell, Johnson City, and H. Dennis Erwin, Erwin, for Johnson.

Simmonds, Bowman & Herndon, Johnson City, for Johnson City.


Certiorari Denied by Supreme Court April 6, 1956.

HALE, Judge.

We speak of the parties as they appeared in the trial court.

Plaintiff sued the defendant, the owner of an electrical distribution system, for personal injuries he sustained when a television test antenna he was raising came in contact with an uninsulated 7,200 volt "high" line of defendant. At the close of all the proof, the trial judge sustained defendant's motion for peremptory instructions...

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