Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. v. Drainage District No. 8

Plaintiff recovered judgment in the trial court in the sum of $58.29 for damages sustained by it by reason of defendants cutting its telephone wires. These wires were strung at proper height on poles along a public road which intersected the defendants’ drainage ditch.

Defendants assumed to act under Road and Bridge Act, passed by the Legislature in 1917. [See Session Acts 1917, pages 480, 481, and section 3326, R. S. 1909, now sections 10737 to 10741, inclusive, R. S. 1919.] Defendants gave required notice under such law to plaintiff to remove its wires and poles, which plaintiff refused to…