Southwestern Telegraph & Telephone Co. v. Tucker

The Court of Civil Appeals accurately and succinctly states the facts in this case as follows:

“This suit was instituted in the District Court of Brazos County some time during the year 1905, by the appellee, N. B. Tucker, to recover of the appellant damages in the sum of $1,999.50 for personal injuries sustained while in the service of the appellant. The facts show substantially that the appellant owns and operates a line of telephone wires in and through the town of Bryan; that at the time the injuries occurred it was necessary to cut the wires that passed over a certain street in the town…