QUILLIAN, Presiding Judge.
This is an appeal from a verdict in favor of plaintiff-appellee Thompson in a tort action to recover damages for personal injury from defendant-appellant Sawnee Electric Membership Corporation (Sawnee).
The evidence authorized the jury to find as follows: Thompson was a repairman for Southern Bell (Bell), who was checking out a telephone problem. In doing so he climbed a pole which carried only telephone lines, having no electric...
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