Stegman v. Sprague Excavating Co.

TURNAGE, Chief Judge.

Marvin Stegman and his wife filed suit against Southwestern Bell Telephone and Sprague Excavating Company for damages for trespass and for ejectment. The court entered judgment in favor of Bell and Sprague on a jury verdict in their favor.

Stegman contends that he was entitled to a directed verdict on the question of liability. He claims that Bell had no right to lay a telephone cable in his front yard which was a part of the dedicated street, and that Bell did not have a permit from the city to lay the cable. Affirmed.

The Stegmans owned a lot in a subdivision in St.…