Pentagon Enterprises v. Southwestern Bell Telephone Company

COULSON, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment non obstante veredicto. Pentagon Enterprises sued Southwestern Bell Telephone Company for a continuing trespass by telephone poles erroneously erected on a tract of land. The jury returned a verdict favorable to Pentagon. Judgment non obstante veredic-to was entered for Bell. We affirm.

Pentagon engages in building and then leasing commercial structures such as warehouses. On June 2, 1972 Pentagon contracted to purchase a tract of land from Seymour Sacks located in Houston. Pentagon planned to build and lease a warehouse on this tract.…