Southwestern Telegraph & Telephone Co. v. Sanders
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Third District, in an appeal from Bell County. Sanders sued the telephone company and the Cameron Water, Light and Power Company but recovered only, against the former. It appealed, and on affirmance obtained writ of error.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Phillips
The suit was instituted by G. L. Sanders, one of the defendants in error, against the Southwestern Telegraph & Telephone Company and the Cameron Water, Light and Power Company to recover damages on account of personal injuries. sustained by him while engaged in the service of the company first named, and resulted in a judgment in his favor against that company alone.
At the time of his injury Sanders, with other employees of the telephone company, was engaged'in removing a dead wire from its poles in the city of Cameron. The poles and light wires of the light, company stood upon the same side…
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