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- Title: Henderson v. Kansas Power & Light Co.
- Author : Supreme Court of Kansas
- Release Date : January 16, 1959
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 70 KB
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The opinion of the court was delivered by This was an action to recover damages for personal injuries
sustained by plaintiff when electricity from defendant's
high-voltage power line jumped or arced into the mast portion of
a television antenna when plaintiff was assisting in turning it. In a previous appeal (Henderson v. Kansas Power & Light Co.,
181 Kan. 625, 313 P.2d 257) it was held that plaintiff's amended
petition stated a cause of action. The amended petition was
summarized in that opinion and will not be repeated here except
to say it alleged plaintiff's injuries were caused by defendant's
negligence in (1) maintaining high-tension electrical wires over
private property without the permission of, and without obtaining
an easement from, the owner when defendant knew, or in the
exercise of due care should have known, that such electrical
wires created a highly dangerous hazard; (2) erecting and
maintaining the power line in a residential area without
insulating the electric wires; (3) maintaining
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