Citizens Telephone Co. of Texas v. Thomas
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Harris County. Tried below before Hon. Dorman G. Kittrell.
1Opinion of the Court
REESE, Associate Justice.
Eliza Thomas brings this suit against the Citizens Telephone Company of Texas to recover damages on account of the death of her husband, Jesse Thomas, alleged to have been caused by coming in contact with one of defendant’s wires on Washington Street in the city of Houston, which was broken and down. From a verdict and judgment in favor of plaintiff for $2,000 defendant appeals.
By the first assignment of error appellant complains of the action of the court in refusing a requested charge to find a verdict for defendant. The first proposition under this assignment is as…
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