McCulloch County Electric Coop., Inc. v. Hall

BLAIR, Justice.

Appellee, W. O. Hall, sued appellant, McCulloch County Electric’ Co-operative, Inc., to enjoin it from energizing with electricity its high-voltage transmission lines until it had paid into court an amount sufficient to “metallicize” appellee’s telephone lines as protection against electricity by induction and conduction from the high-voltage lines then under construction. The term “induction” describes electrical interference by the flow of electricity through the atmosphere from one wire to another without actual contact. The term “Conduction” describes the same condition,…