VINES v. ARKANSAS POWER & LIGHT COMPANY

No. 5-2135.

337 S.W.2d 722 (1960)

Alice VINES, Individually, and as Administratrix of the Estate of Leonard Vines, Deceased, Appellant, v. ARKANSAS POWER & LIGHT COMPANY, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

Rehearing Denied September 19, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Melvin T. Chambers, Magnolia, Stein & Stein, El Dorado, for appellant.

House, Holmes, Butler & Jewell, Little Rock, McKay, Anderson & Crumpler, Magnolia, for appellee.


HOLT, Justice.

This is an action for the wrongful death of Leonard Vines who was appellant's husband.

On June 10, 1955, while Leonard Vines was employed by the Southwest Unit Structures, Inc., and while moving a beam with the aid of a "gin pole", the pole came in contact with a high voltage line built and maintained by appellee, and the electricity coming down the "gin pole" caused Leonard Vines' death. Alice Vines, widow of Leonard Vines, on March 28, 1957...

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