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WOOD v. SOUTHWESTERN PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY

No. 263.

452 P.2d 692 (1969)

80 N.M. 164

Betty Jean WOOD, Administratrix of the Estate of Ronald Wesley Wood, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SOUTHWESTERN PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY and White's City, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeals of New Mexico.

March 21, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C.N. Morris, Carlsbad, for appellant.

Harold L. Hensley, Jr., Hinkle, Bondurant & Christy, Roswell, Gibson, Ochsner, Harlan, Kinney & Morris, Amarillo, Tex., Jay W. Forbes, McCormick, Lusk, Paine & Feezer, Carlsbad, for appellees.

OPINION

WOOD, Judge.

Ronald Wesley Wood died as a result of an electrical shock. He received the shock when a metal pole he was holding came into contact with a high voltage electrical line. His administratrix sued for his wrongful death. At the close of plaintiff's case, the trial court directed a verdict in favor of defendants. The trial court ruled that decedent was contributorily negligent as a matter of law. The issue, here, is the correctness of this...

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