Parsons v. Uvalde Electric Light Co.
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals, Fourth District, in an appeal ■from Uvalde County. Parsons and wife sued the electric company and recovered damages. The judgment was reversed and remanded on defendant’s appeal; and appellee (plaintiff) obtained a writ of error on the ground that the ruling practically settled the case.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Brown
For the purpose of this case the following condensed statement of the facts will be sufficient:
The plaintiff in error, W- H. Parsons, owned, and he with his wife and children, occupied certain lots in the City of Uvalde for a number of years prior to the erection by the defendant in error of its plant and the putting of the same into operation, which occurred in the year 1907. More than two years after the completion of the buildings and the location of the machinen' and the commencement of the operation of the same, Parsons, joining with him his wife and children, instituted a suit in the…
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