Texas & Pacific Telephone Co. v. Prince

CONNER, Chief Justice.

Appellee Prince sued appellant, the Texas and Pacific Telephone Company, for damages alleged to have been sustained by him as the result of a fall occasioned by becoming entangled in a wire negligently left in the streets of the town of Sweetwater by the defendant. He alleged that in endeavoring to break the force of the fall he cut his thumb, causing the joint to become stiff, which thereby permanently incapacitated him from pursuing his occupation as a saddle and harness maker. Defendant demurred generally and specially, and in addition to the general denial, pleaded…