City of Austin v. Johnson
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Travis County; George Calhoun, Judge. Action by S. W. Johnson against the City of Austin. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Findings of Fact
JENKINS, J.
Appellee was an employé of the Texas Long Distance Telephone Company, a corporation, and at the time of his injury was engaged in repairing the wires of that company in the city of Austin. Appellant owned and operated a light plant in said city. Appellee came in contact with telephone wires, from which he suffered the injuries complained of. Appellee would have suffered no injury by reason of said contact, but for the fact that the telephone wires had come in contact with the wires of appellant’s light plant, which were heavily charged with electricity. The point of…
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