Southwestern Telegraph & Telephone Co. v. Thomas
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from Guadalupe County Court; J. B. Williams, Judge. Action by W. C. Thomas against the Southwestern Telegraph & Telephone Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtCard, J.
Appellee sued the Southwestern Telegraph & Telephone Company for damages, and alleged substantially that the telephone company owned and operated a telephone system in the city of Seguin, under a franchise from the city, and maintained a central office or exchange, where connections were made with its various telephones; that appellee was a regular subscriber, or patron, and had a telephone in his residence, for which he paid appellant $1.50 per month as rent, and for this consideration “defendant agreed to furnish to the plaintiff at all times telephonic communication over the telephone in…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Lebanon, Louisville & Lex. Tel. Co. v. Lanham Lumber Co.Court of Appeals of Kentucky · 1909
- Volquardsen v. Iowa Telephone Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1910
- Feille v. San Antonio Traction Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1908
3Cited by8 opinions
- Robinson v. Southern New England Telephone Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1953
- Mentzer v. New England Telephone & Telegraph Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1931
- Missouri Dist. Telegraph Co. v. Morris & Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1917
- Ivey v. Phillips Petroleum Co.District Court, S.D. Texas · 1941
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. WallerCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1917
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