Texas Power & Light Co. v. Culwell

Defendants in error, the surviving wife and daughter of Clyde Key Culwell, were awarded a judgment against plaintiff in error for damages sustained by them on account of his death, which is alleged to have been the proximate result of negligence on the part of plain- , tiff in error.

At the time of the injury resulting in his death Culwell operated a pressing parlor in •the town of Midlothian. Plaintiff in error’s electric service wire connected with the rear end of the business house of the Dees Hardware Company, which was situated two or three doors from the building occupied by Cul-well.…