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ELECTRIC PLANT BOARD v. DOTSON

304 S.W.2d 779 (1957)

ELECTRIC PLANT BOARD OF The CITY OF RUSSELLVILLE, Kentucky, et al., etc., Appellants, v. Arthur DOTSON, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

Rehearing Denied September 20, 1957.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Maxey B. Harlin, Coleman, Harlin & Orendorf, Bowling Green, Thomas A. Noe, Jr., Russellville, for appellants.

J. Granville Clark, Russellville, for appellee.

MONTGOMERY, Judge.

Arthur Dotson recovered a judgment against the Electric Plant Board of the City of Russellville, et al., in the sum of $7,540.63 for damages for injuries received from an electrical shock. It is urged that the appellee, Dotson, assumed the risk of handling an electric wire and was guilty of contributory negligence as a matter of law. This is the decisive question.

The appellee is 57 years of age. He had engaged in farming and carpentry work...

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