Home Telephone & Electric Co. v. Branton

W. A. Branton recovered a judgment in the district court of Eastland county against Home Telephone & Electric Company, a corporation, for $1,250 damages alleged to have resulted from the erection of a telephone pole, guy wire, and anchor, on land owned by Branton. Branton also recovered a judgment in the same suit against the telephone company and one Paul Beardon for $2,750 damages alleged to have resulted from an assault committed on the plaintiff by Paul Beardon. Both the electric company and Beardon perfected an appeal to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Eleventh District at Eastland,…