Lenfestey Broom Works v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co.
Lenfestey Broom Works v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co.
Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
An opinion was filed in this action on March 12, 1927. (Lenfestey Broom Works v. Atchison, T. & S. F. Rly. Co., ante, p. 104, 254 Pac. 343.) In that opinion it was stated that, “The evidence tended to show that . . . the high- and low-tension wires were loosely strung and in places were only about a foot apart.” The Kansas Gas and Electric Company, in a motion for rehearing, challenges the correctness of that statement. An examination of the abstract shows that the statement as quoted is not correct. The petition alleged that “the wires upon which said highvoltaged current was transmitted . . . were placed in such close proximity to the wires on which the current was transmitted on to 416 South Commerce street, and each and both of said sets of wires were so loosely strung that said wires carrying said high-voltage current could form a contact with and touch the wires carrying the low-voltage current, and cause the high-tension current to be communicated to said low-tension wires . . . that said high-voltage wires and said low-voltage wires were each and both placed near said transformers not more than one foot apart.”
The abstract shows that the city electrician testified that at the crane he found “broken .insulators there under a pole which was erected close to this crane. He also found broken insulators and a
With this correction and additional statement, the motion for rehearing is denied and the former opinion is adhered to.
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