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BARTHEL v. WISCONSIN ELECTRIC POWER CO.

No. 574.

69 Wis.2d 446 (1975)

230 N.W.2d 863

BARTHEL and wife, Respondents, v. WISCONSIN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY and others, Appellants.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided June 30, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellants there were briefs by Prosser, Wiedabach, Lane & Quale, S. C. of Milwaukee, and oral argument by John E. Feldbruegge of Milwaukee.

For the respondents there was a brief by Kasdorf, Henderson, Dall, Lewis & Swietlik, attorneys, and K. E. Kilmer and David H. Stacy of counsel, all of Milwaukee, and oral argument by Mr. Kilmer.

DAY, J.

This is an appeal from an order overruling defendants' demurrers to two counts of the plaintiffs' complaint. The demurrers allege failure to state a cause of action. The question raised by the demurrers is whether or not the electric company's conductors carrying electricity adjacent to the premises where the plaintiff Richard A. Barthel was working, constitute a "place of employment" within the meaning of the safe-place statute.

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