Oklahoma Gas & Electric Co. v. Butler

CORN, V.C.J.

Plaintiff, doing business as the Mill Creek Telephone Company, brought this action to recover for damages alleged to have resulted to plaintiff’s telephone distribution system by reason of defendant’s negligence. The jury returned a verdict for plaintiff for $586.75, and from the judgment rendered on this verdict defendant has appealed.

Plaintiff maintained a telephone system in the town of Mill Creek, and certain of these lines ran north and south along an unnamed street. The lines were carried on cross-arms attached to poles, each cross-arm carrying about ten wires.

Defendant’s…