Howell

This action is prosecuted by Ruth L. Howell as the surviving widow and Eldon B. Howell as the surviving son of J. B. Howell, deceased, whose death is alleged to have been caused through the negligence of the defendant in maintaining an uninsulated highly charged electric wire in too close proximity to the ground on which the deceased was working at the time he met his death.

The record shows that in May, 1920, the defendant erected a power line in the agricultural section of Tulare County over a certain alfalfa field owned by one S. IT. Cinder. All the premises involved in this section are agricultural .in character and are located about eleven miles southwest of the city of Tulare, in the county of Tulare. The complaint sets forth and the evidence supports the following facts: That prior to the sixth day of November, 1922, the appellant had constructed, and on that day was maintaining a power line, the wires of which were uninsulated, and were carrying approximately 13,000 volts of electricity; that the main line of said company ran along the line of a county road; that the line involved in this action was run from the main power line to a pumping plant over an alfalfa field…