Southwestern Telegraph & Telephone Co. v. Shirley
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Bexar County; Claude V. Birkhead, Judge. Action by A. L. Shirley against the Southwestern Telegraph & Telephone Company. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
FDY, O. J.
This is a case instituted by ap-pellee to recover damages from appellant and the San Antonio Gas & Electric Company, alleged to have accrued through a shock; received from a wire of appellant, which had broken and fallen across a wire of the Gas Company, whereby it had been heavily charged with electricity. There were several grounds of negligence which have been stated with unnecessary elaboration by appellant, as the cause was submitted) to the jury on the breaking of a defectively insulated wire, which fell across a heavily electrified wire which charged appellant’s wire, and…
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- Alabama Great Southern Railway Co. v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1906
- Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railway Co. v. WillardSupreme Court of the United States · 1911
- Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co. v. SchwyhartSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
- Whitcomb v. SmithsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1900
- Philipowski v. SpencerTexas Supreme Court · 1885
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